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28.2; switch-to-buffer in normal window fails if minibuffer window is active

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, rudalics <at> gmx.at
Cc: al <at> petrofsky.org, 63967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, acm <at> muc.de
Subject: bug#63967: 28.2; switch-to-buffer in normal window fails if minibuffer window is active
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:08:38 +0300

> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:31:54 +0000
> Cc: al <at> petrofsky.org, rudalics <at> gmx.at, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
>   63967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, acm <at> muc.de
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> 
> > So I hope you will present a suggested patch soon, and that it will be
> > simple and safe enough to install on the release branch.  TIA.
> 
> After spending quite some time looking at why that call to
> Fset_frame_selected_window went in in the first place, and checking
> quite a few of the bug scenarios from 2021, I'm now convinced that the
> sole fix we need is to remove that call from minibuffer_unwind.
> 
> It's certainly a simple patch, and I think it's safe enough for Emacs
> 29.  Maybe other people (e.g. Martin) would be good enough to give it a
> quick going over before we commit it.

Thanks.

Martin, please comment.  Your own proposal was similar, so I hope you
will agree to this.

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