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26.0.90; When *xref* window is needed, original window-switching intent is lost

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From: joaotavora <at> gmail.com (João Távora)
To: 28814 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#28814: [BUMP, PATCH] (26.0.90; When *xref* window is needed, original window-switching intent is lost )
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:13:43 +0100

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Ping,

Hoping someone can take a look at this bug I reported a week ago.  Here
are two very simple Emacs -Q recipes that demonstrate it.

   emacs -Q
   C-x 3 [split-window-right]
   C-x 2 [split-window-below]
   M-. xref-backend-definitions RET [xref-find-definitions]
   C-n [next-line]
   RET [xref-goto-xref]

Expected the definition to be found in the original window where I
pressed M-. but instead it was found in another. Another case:

   emacs -Q
   C-x 4 . xref-backend-definitions RET [xref-find-definitions-other-window]
   C-n
   RET

Expected the definition to be found in some other window, different from
the one I pressed M-. on. Instead went to the same one. Also, in both
situations, expected the window configuration to be the same as if I had
searched for, say xref-backend-functions.

This is fixed by the patches that I reattach after minor tweaks. The
general idea is to have the *xref*, whose sudden appearance is hard to
predict, obtrude as little as possible on the user's window
configuration.

João

[0001-Honor-window-switching-intents-in-xref-find-definiti.patch (text/x-diff, inline)]

From 1b760816ac8886313996c635ee1cf696b937c20e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=C3=A3o=20T=C3=A1vora?= <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:13:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Honor window-switching intents in xref-find-definitions

When there is more than one xref to jump to, and an *xref* window
appears to help the user choose, the original intent to open a
definition another window or frame is remembered when the choice to go
to or show a reference is finally made.

* lisp/progmodes/xref.el (xref--show-pos-in-buf): Rewrite.
(xref--original-window-intent): New variable.
(xref--original-window): Rename from xref--window and move up
here for clarity.
(xref--show-pos-in-buf): Rewrite.  Don't take SELECT arg here.
(xref--show-location): Handle window selection decision here.
(xref--window): Rename to xref--original-window.
(xref-show-location-at-point): Don't attempt window management here.
(xref--show-xrefs): Ensure display-action intent is saved.
---
 lisp/progmodes/xref.el | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
index 80cdcb3f18..c3e7982205 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
@@ -449,43 +449,68 @@ xref--with-dedicated-window
        (when xref-w
          (set-window-dedicated-p xref-w xref-w-dedicated)))))
 
-(defun xref--show-pos-in-buf (pos buf select)
-  (let ((xref-buf (current-buffer))
-        win)
+(defvar-local xref--original-window-intent nil
+  "Original window-switching intent before xref buffer creation.")
+
+(defvar-local xref--original-window nil
+  "The original window this xref buffer was created from.")
+
+(defun xref--show-pos-in-buf (pos buf)
+  "Goto and display position POS of buffer BUF in a window.
+Honour `xref--original-window-intent', run `xref-after-jump-hook'
+and finally return the window."
+  (let* ((xref-buf (current-buffer))
+         (pop-up-frames
+          (or (eq xref--original-window-intent 'frame)
+              pop-up-frames))
+         (action
+          (cond ((memq
+                  xref--original-window-intent
+                  '(window frame))
+                 t)
+                ((and
+                  (window-live-p xref--original-window)
+                  (or (not (window-dedicated-p xref--original-window))
+                      (eq (window-buffer xref--original-window) buf)))
+                 `(,(lambda (buf _alist)
+                      (set-window-buffer xref--original-window buf)
+                      xref--original-window))))))
     (with-selected-window
-        (xref--with-dedicated-window
-         (display-buffer buf))
+        (with-selected-window
+            ;; Just before `display-buffer', place ourselves in the
+            ;; original window to suggest preserving it. Of course, if
+            ;; user has deleted the original window, all bets are off,
+            ;; just use the selected one.
+            (or (and (window-live-p xref--original-window)
+                     xref--original-window)
+                (selected-window))
+          (display-buffer buf action))
       (xref--goto-char pos)
       (run-hooks 'xref-after-jump-hook)
       (let ((buf (current-buffer)))
-        (setq win (selected-window))
         (with-current-buffer xref-buf
-          (setq-local other-window-scroll-buffer buf))))
-    (when select
-      (select-window win))))
+          (setq-local other-window-scroll-buffer buf)))
+      (selected-window))))
 
 (defun xref--show-location (location &optional select)
   (condition-case err
       (let* ((marker (xref-location-marker location))
              (buf (marker-buffer marker)))
-        (xref--show-pos-in-buf marker buf select))
+        (cond (select
+               (select-window (xref--show-pos-in-buf marker buf)))
+              (t
+               (save-selected-window
+                 (xref--with-dedicated-window
+                  (xref--show-pos-in-buf marker buf))))))
     (user-error (message (error-message-string err)))))
 
-(defvar-local xref--window nil
-  "The original window this xref buffer was created from.")
-
 (defun xref-show-location-at-point ()
   "Display the source of xref at point in the appropriate window, if any."
   (interactive)
   (let* ((xref (xref--item-at-point))
          (xref--current-item xref))
     (when xref
-      ;; Try to avoid the window the current xref buffer was
-      ;; originally created from.
-      (if (window-live-p xref--window)
-          (with-selected-window xref--window
-            (xref--show-location (xref-item-location xref)))
-        (xref--show-location (xref-item-location xref))))))
+      (xref--show-location (xref-item-location xref)))))
 
 (defun xref-next-line ()
   "Move to the next xref and display its source in the appropriate window."
@@ -727,7 +752,8 @@ xref--show-xref-buffer
         (xref--xref-buffer-mode)
         (pop-to-buffer (current-buffer))
         (goto-char (point-min))
-        (setq xref--window (assoc-default 'window alist))
+        (setq xref--original-window (assoc-default 'window alist)
+              xref--original-window-intent (assoc-default 'display-action alist))
         (current-buffer)))))
 
 
@@ -754,7 +780,8 @@ xref--show-xrefs
    (t
     (xref-push-marker-stack)
     (funcall xref-show-xrefs-function xrefs
-             `((window . ,(selected-window)))))))
+             `((window . ,(selected-window))
+               (display-action . ,display-action))))))
 
 (defun xref--prompt-p (command)
   (or (eq xref-prompt-for-identifier t)
-- 
2.14.2

[0002-Quit-the-xref-window-if-user-decides-to-go-to-a-ref.patch (text/x-diff, inline)]

From 9feaf473479dcd8edcf2c0bb14044995abb5eeb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=C3=A3o=20T=C3=A1vora?= <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:37:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Quit the *xref* window if user decides to go to a ref

The idea is to have this window, whose sudden appearance is hard to
predict, obtrude as little as possible on the user's window
configuration.

* lisp/progmodes/xref.el (xref--show-location): When SELECT is
t, quit window.
---
 lisp/progmodes/xref.el | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
index c3e7982205..cf9e027ba0 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
@@ -495,9 +495,12 @@ xref--show-pos-in-buf
 (defun xref--show-location (location &optional select)
   (condition-case err
       (let* ((marker (xref-location-marker location))
-             (buf (marker-buffer marker)))
+             (buf (marker-buffer marker))
+             (xref-buffer (current-buffer)))
         (cond (select
-               (select-window (xref--show-pos-in-buf marker buf)))
+               (quit-window nil nil)
+               (with-current-buffer xref-buffer
+                 (select-window (xref--show-pos-in-buf marker buf))))
               (t
                (save-selected-window
                  (xref--with-dedicated-window
-- 
2.14.2

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