Subject: bug#44397: 28.0.50; tab-bar-mode: tab-switcher creates a new tab every time

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:30:38 +0200

> ,----[ C-h f tab-switcher RET ]
> The docstring doesn't say it will create a new tab but a
> `tab-bar-new-tab' call will be made eventually. It's like that `ibuffer'
> will create a new (dummy) buffer (not the special *Ibuffer* buffer). Any
> reasons on that?

`ibuffer' is a good analogy: it creates the special *Ibuffer* buffer,
and the same way `tab-switcher' creates the special *Tabs* tab.

I agree that the docstring should say that it creates a new tab,
even though `ibuffer' doesn't say that it creates a new buffer.