GNU bug report logs - #64596
30.0.50; On FIXME: in src/buffer.c:1481 (force-mode-line-update)

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 64596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64596: 30.0.50; On FIXME: in src/buffer.c:1481
 (force-mode-line-update)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:40:19 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> +    . decide which windows on which frames need their windows
>>                    ^buffers?
>> +      considered for redisplay
>
> Not buffers, windows.  Redisplay works by windows, not by buffers.
> When it decides to work on a window, it temporarily makes that
> window's buffer current.

Then, the sentence is a big confusing.

. decide which windows ... need their windows considered ...

How can windows have "their windows"?

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