GNU bug report logs - #8789
23.3; debug backtrace buffer changes window on step-through

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pete Beardmore <pete.beardmore <at> msn.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de
Cc: 8789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8789: 23.3; debug backtrace buffer changes window on step-through
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:24:44 +0100

> It should IMHO be sufficient to add to the
>
>   (pop-to-buffer debugger-buffer)
>
> call in `debug' an action argument that ensures that always the same
> window is chosen, by an deterministic algorithm.  For example:
>
>   (pop-to-buffer debugger-buffer
>      '((lambda (buffer _)
>          (let ((first-win (frame-first-window)))
>            (select-window first-win)
>            (switch-to-buffer buffer)
>            first-win))))
>
> would always choose the first window for *Backtrace*.

Have you tried adding an according rule to `display-buffer-alist'?

martin
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