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27.0.91; next-error-select-buffer does not always behave as documented

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Message #41 received at 40919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 40919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tspiteri <at> ieee.org
Subject: Re: bug#40919: 27.0.91; next-error-select-buffer does not always
 behave as documented
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 01:21:35 +0300

>> Another variant would be
>> to add an optional choice to the existing option that allows to restore
>> the old behavior and doesn't affect the current behavior in any way.
>
> FWIW, I'd consider that more of a documentation change.
>
> More importantly, and certainly only for Emacs 28, Juri could you remind me
> what we'll be losing by removing the case no. 2 from
> next-error-find-buffer?

It is used to handle such cases when navigating one next-error list
visits a buffer that contains another next-error list - visiting
such buffer should not switch the navigation, it should continue
the initial navigation.

But I'm not proud of the case no. 2, so you can drop it :)

Or better move it to a separate function and provide this function
as an option in next-error-find-buffer-function.

> The ability to switch to an arbitrary Grep buffer and start using it with
> 'M-x next-error'? E.g. if there are several of them. That's more of
> a backward compatibility concern, right? Or do you have scenarios in
> mind where this will really save on keystrokes?

The ability to visit an arbitrary Grep buffer and use 'next-error' in it
to switch navigation should always work as the most reliable and implicit
way to switch navigation.  This is the case no. 3 in next-error-find-buffer.

> On another note, perhaps we could add a message to next-error-select-buffer
> that would be shown if we suspect this command will not have the expected
> result for the user.

Or maybe ask the user using the minibuffer to resolve ambiguity.

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