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27.0.50; Deterministic window management

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 32825 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#32825: 27.0.50; Deterministic window management
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:51:32 +0100

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> There are only two places where debugger-previous-window is set - both
> in `debug': in the first, the value is set when the debugger pops up, to
> the window that has been chosen to display it.  In the second place,
> it's reset to nil when the debugger "won't be back".
>
> So, when the value is a (live) window, it should be respected.  I didn't
> follow your discussion very attentively, but I'm not sure how the
> debugger-previous-window variable is concerned in what you discussed
> recently.  AFAIK its only use is to remember the window while a debugger
> session is still active.

You're right - FWIW this is the same bug I proposed to fix earlier
with the patch I reattach now.  Juri, you never tried it, I suppose?

martin

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