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29.0.50; quit-window may select an inactive minibuffer window

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: <miha <at> kamnitnik.top>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 55403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55403: 29.0.50; quit-window may select an inactive minibuffer window
Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 10:07:24 +0300

> Cc: 55403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 08:41:49 +0200
> From: miha--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> >> emacs -q:
> >>
> >> (setq read-minibuffer-restore-windows nil)
> >> M-x, to open a minibuffer
> >> C-h b, to display a help buffer from this minibuffer
> >> C-g, to quit the minibuffer
> >> C-x C-o, to select the window showing the help buffer
> >> q, (quit-window) will select the inactive minibuffer window
> >
> > I'm unable to reproduce this on the current trunk.
> 
> It's not entirely obvious that an inactive minibuffer window is selected
> because the point is not immediately visible. Perhaps try to press C-n
> at the end of the recipe, which makes the point visible, and see that
> the mini-window is indeed selected.

I can reproduce in today's master, but "C-x C-o" should be "C-x o",
right?

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