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25.1; pop-to-buffer error: (wrong-type-argument window-live-p nil)

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 02:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: 24332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24332: 25.1; pop-to-buffer error: (wrong-type-argument window-live-p nil)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:48:18 +0800

pop-to-buffer assumes display-buffer always return a window and
(select-window window norecord) but it can cause error like this (due to
(allow-no-window . t)):

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument window-live-p nil)
  select-window(nil nil)
  pop-to-buffer("*compile*" t nil)
  switch-to-buffer-other-window("*compile*")
  ido-visit-buffer("*compile*" other-window t)
  ido-buffer-internal(other-window switch-to-buffer-other-window)
  ido-switch-buffer-other-window()
  funcall-interactively(ido-switch-buffer-other-window)
  call-interactively(ido-switch-buffer-other-window nil nil)
  command-execute(ido-switch-buffer-other-window)
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