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28.0.50; windmove-display-in-direction ignores windmove-display-no-select

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From: Ergus <spacibba <at> aol.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 49057 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49057: 28.0.50; windmove-display-in-direction ignores
 windmove-display-no-select
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:16:32 +0200

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 10:59:50AM +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> M-: (setq windmove-display-no-select t)
>> M-x windmove-display-right
>> C-x b *scratch*
>>
>> The new window will be selected independently of the value of
>> windmove-display-no-select.
>>
>> Sometimes the new buffer is displayed in the current buffer ignoring
>> windmove-display-right (when *scratch* is already on the right for
>> example).
>
>Please also do:
>
>  M-: (setq switch-to-buffer-obey-display-actions t)
>
>What we could do to improve this:
>
>1. enable switch-to-buffer-obey-display-actions by default;
>
>2. mention switch-to-buffer-obey-display-actions in more docstrings.
>
>Currently the docstring of windmove-display-in-direction has this text:
>
>  "When `switch-to-buffer-obey-display-actions' is non-nil,
>  `switch-to-buffer' commands are also supported."
>
>Maybe the same text should be copied to all commands that use
>windmove-display-in-direction, i.e. to windmove-display-right,
>etc.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that line but it is enabled but I already
have that in my config. Even with that it is not working fine.

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