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25.0.50; `get-buffer-window-list' doc - what order?

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21305: 25.0.50; `get-buffer-window-list' doc - what order?
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:28:06 +0200

> But as one user I'm disappointed.  I was hoping for a usable
> window order.  In fact, I was hoping for something similar to
> `buffer-list' - hoping that users would get a list of the windows
> (displaying a particular buffer) in order of their last use.
>
> I know no way to obtain such a list, but if there is one, please
> be so kind as to let me know.  `walk-windows' etc. go through
> windows in their "structural" order, but how can I tell, given
> a list of windows showing a given buffer, which were last used
> after which others?
>
> Yes, my question is outside the scope of this bug (if the list
> `get-buffer-window-list' has no order we can depend on or even
> if its order is unrelated to the chronological order of access).

I suppose you mean that we should document `window-use-time' too.
Correct?

martin

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