GNU bug report logs - #1237
23.0.60; `switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Markus Triska <markus.triska <at> gmx.at>

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #85 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 1237 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, bug-submit-list <at> donarmstrong.com,
        1237 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1237: 23.0.60;
	`switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:19:25 -0500

    > As a rule, the norecord argument would be set by `with-selected-window'
    > and `with-selected-frame' in addition to `walk-windows'.  Personally,
    > I'd set it in `save-selected-window' too, but this might break
    > applications that rely on the implicit selection provided by the current
    > mechanism.

I think it is very important to keep `with-selected-window'
and `save-selected-window' similar.  If we make this change
in one, we had better make the change in the other too.
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