bug#8851: 24.0.50; regression: special-display-frame is no longer dedicated

["Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> Does the patch below fix it?

Thanks for your quick reply, Martin.  No, I'm afraid it doesn't change anything
wrt this bug.

I didn't download the latest source files to apply your patch, but the build I'm
using is supposedly from today.  I applied your patch manually to its source
code, which means that I eval'ed these two updated definitions (below).  That
didn't help.

(defun display-buffer-in-window (buffer window specifiers)
  "Display BUFFER in WINDOW and raise its frame if needed.
WINDOW must be a live window and defaults to the selected one.
Return WINDOW.

SPECIFIERS must be a list of buffer display specifiers, see the
documentation of `display-buffer-alist' for a description."
  (setq buffer (normalize-live-buffer buffer))
  (setq window (normalize-live-window window))
  (let* ((old-frame (selected-frame))
	 (new-frame (window-frame window))
	 (dedicated (cdr (assq 'dedicated specifiers)))
	 (no-other-window (cdr (assq 'no-other-window specifiers))))
    ;; Show BUFFER in WINDOW.
    ;;---- (set-window-dedicated-p window nil)
    (set-window-buffer window buffer)
    (when dedicated
      (set-window-dedicated-p window dedicated))
    (when no-other-window
      (set-window-parameter window 'no-other-window t))
    (unless (eq old-frame new-frame)
      (display-buffer-select-window window))
    ;; Return window.
    window))

(defun display-buffer-reuse-window (buffer method &optional specifiers)
  "Display BUFFER in an existing window.
METHOD must be a list in the form of the cdr of a `reuse-window'
buffer display specifier, see `display-buffer-alist' for an
explanation.  The first element must specifiy the window to use,
and can be either nil, `same', `other', or a live window.  The
second element must specify the window's buffer and can be either
nil, `same', `other', or a live buffer.  The third element is the
frame to use - either nil, 0, `visible', `other', t, or a live
frame.

Optional argument SPECIFIERS must be a list of valid display
specifiers.  Return the window chosen to display BUFFER, nil if
none was found."
  (let* ((method-window (nth 0 method))
	 (method-buffer (nth 1 method))
	 (method-frame (nth 2 method))
	 (reuse-dedicated (assq 'reuse-window-dedicated specifiers))
	 windows other-frame dedicated time best-window best-time)
    (when (eq method-frame 'other)
      ;; `other' is not handled by `window-list-1'.
      (setq other-frame t)
      (setq method-frame t))
    (dolist (window (window-list-1 nil 'nomini method-frame))
      (let ((window-buffer (window-buffer window)))
	(when (and (not (window-minibuffer-p window))
		   ;; Don't reuse a side window.
		   (or (not (eq (window-parameter window 'window-side) 'side))
		       (eq window-buffer buffer))
		   (or (not method-window)
		       (and (eq method-window 'same)
			    (eq window (selected-window)))
		       (and (eq method-window 'other)
			    (not (eq window (selected-window))))
		       ;; Special case for applications that specifiy
		       ;; the window explicitly.
		       (eq method-window window))
		   (or (not method-buffer)
		       (and (eq method-buffer 'same)
			    (eq window-buffer buffer))
		       (and (eq method-buffer 'other)
			    (not (eq window-buffer buffer)))
		       ;; Special case for applications that specifiy
		       ;; the window's buffer explicitly.
		       (eq method-buffer window-buffer))
		   (or (not other-frame)
		       (not (eq (window-frame window) (selected-frame))))
		   ;; Handle dedicatedness.
		   (or (eq window-buffer buffer)
		       ;; The window does not show the same buffer.
		       (not (setq dedicated (window-dedicated-p window)))
		       ;; If the window is weakly dedicated to its
		       ;; buffer, reuse-dedicated must be non-nil.
		       (and (not (eq dedicated t)) reuse-dedicated)
		       ;; If the window is strongly dedicated to its
		       ;; buffer, reuse-dedicated must be t.
		       (eq reuse-dedicated t)))
	  (setq windows (cons window windows)))))

    (if (eq method-buffer 'same)
	;; When reusing a window on the same buffer use the lru one.
	(dolist (window windows)
	  (setq time (window-use-time window))
	  (when (or (not best-window) (< time best-time))
	    (setq best-window window)
	    (setq best-time time)))
      ;; Otherwise, sort windows according to their use-time.
      (setq windows
	    (sort windows
		  #'(lambda (window-1 window-2)
		      (<= (window-use-time window-1)
			  (window-use-time window-2)))))
      (setq best-window
	    ;; Try to get a full-width window (this is silly and can
	    ;; get us to another frame but let's ignore these issues
	    ;; for the moment).
	    (catch 'found
	      (dolist (window windows)
		(when (window-full-width-p window)
		  (throw 'found window)))
	      ;; If there's no full-width window return the lru window.
	      (car windows))))

    (when best-window
      (display-buffer-even-window-sizes best-window specifiers)
      ;; Never change the quit-restore parameter of a window here.
      (if (eq (window-buffer best-window) buffer)
	  (setq display-buffer-window
		(cons best-window 'reuse-buffer-window))
	(setq display-buffer-window
	      (cons best-window 'reuse-other-window))
	(unless (window-parameter best-window 'quit-restore)
	  ;; Don't overwrite an existing quit-restore entry.
	  (set-window-parameter
	   best-window 'quit-restore
	   (list (window-buffer best-window) (window-start best-window)
		 (window-point best-window) buffer
		 (window-total-size best-window) (selected-window)))))
      ;; Reset dedicated status of best-window here.
      (set-window-dedicated-p best-window nil)
      (display-buffer-in-window buffer best-window specifiers))))