GNU bug report logs - #13594
24.2.92; [PATCH] compilation-start doesn't consider nil OUTWIN

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.2.92

Done: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 13594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#13594: 24.2.92; [PATCH] compilation-start doesn't consider nil OUTWIN
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:28:59 +0200

>> But such some window at any cost should be harmless when the caller goes
>> to use the returned window e.g. to get its buffer with `window-buffer', etc.
>
> Returning the selected window is harmless.

Only if it displays the requested buffer.

Do you think it is possible to implement a special "hidden" window type
so callers could operate on it invisibly to the user?
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