GNU bug report logs - #45072
28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during minibuffer editing

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Message #152 received at 45072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>, 45072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45072: 28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back
 uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during
 minibuffer editing
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:09:59 +0300

>>> It seems that problem is that read_minibuf messes up the windows so much,
>>> that at the end currently the only way to fix this mess is by restoring
>>> the previous window configuration.  This means that there is a need
>>> to fix read_minibuf to restore all previous window states without using
>>> restore_window_configuration.  Only then it will be possible to add
>>> a user option to disable using restore_window_configuration.
>>
>> But without such an option, it's hard to find and fix the problems,
>> because they're hidden by the `restore_window_configuration`.
>> So maybe we should introduce such an option, and then force ourselves to
>> live with it and then fix the problems we encounter.
>
> Exiting from and quitting `read-minibuffer' is hairy, in particular with
> multiple frames.  IIRC it's hard to tell for an application how to clean
> up the state when the user quits and throws it back to the top level.

Since restore_window_configuration doesn't restore multiple frames,
we already don't clean up the previous state completely.  So maybe
really it should be sufficient for a new option just to select
the original window if it still exists.

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