From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#64619: [PATCH] Add toggle-window-dedicated command Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:56:45 +0000 Message-ID: <22de08b62b5a6672f446@heytings.org> References: <87h6ovgnpn.fsf@catern.com> <387ee04aa9601b936ac5@heytings.org> <87350ere4n.fsf@catern.com> <387ee04aa97c3477c4f3@heytings.org> <87zg2mpuv9.fsf@catern.com> <387ee04aa9572975a3cd@heytings.org> <83edjyxmuz.fsf@gnu.org> <22de08b62bd05dc884c9@heytings.org> <83wmxqw1xf.fsf@gnu.org> <22de08b62bfcc659fbd6@heytings.org> <83ttsuw0tr.fsf@gnu.org> <22de08b62b6d15a880af@heytings.org> <83sf8evx98.fsf@gnu.org> <22de08b62b4b6e98a722@heytings.org> <87fs4dpzz5.fsf@catern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32246"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 64619@debbugs.gnu.org, philipk@posteo.net, sbaugh@janestreet.com, rudalics@gmx.at, Eli Zaretskii , drew.adams@oracle.com To: sbaugh@catern.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 20 23:57:16 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qXqQ8-0008C2-4f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2023 23:57:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qXqPv-0001Wx-3N; Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qXqPt-0001Wi-9z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:57:01 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qXqPt-0005gQ-1F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:57:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qXqPu-0002xa-Ft for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 64619 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 64619-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B64619.169256861111362 (code B ref 64619); Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 64619) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Aug 2023 21:56:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55012 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qXqPj-0002xB-KF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:56:51 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:46900) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qXqPi-0002x2-00 for 64619@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:56:50 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1692568606; bh=Cy4rK70RA4EhgJtROuvYb+MTzcCjDcUdzE8bGM8dGNs=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=L7YwvSp96aPrXbvJWLoywQnkDJPWMTc0TMTLFIZ13OtfLhTCUE38OkZiQHo68/3VS VA4VIAp7/Oge5jlAsgMsAVtURa6Suw3/ZfhSb6JAi00HplXY57/+YwQpEpLe/IyaIg yFGXuF5julx6VsS+5GrboE8UjqUyCxbloZN3rRBR/P2Zpb4LUYqNRKiWyOYZSFhYfP myOQF+5y7wN8L5PBXat2AtHlxiJMoq58NRun41ulvLQ/wjK3xtapNHCWrw5B2APYpl SAd7XyzMZ6r2Co+G6C+lGYqysr+YaHQElRJauzXltveBGv8zx/a7HjsgQV7c/VnOQd TDTHGuNfWsADQ== In-Reply-To: <87fs4dpzz5.fsf@catern.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:268039 Archived-At: > > I didn't know about switch-to-buffer-in-dedicated-window. It does > resolve the basic annoyance I described, of C-x b not working. > Great! > > But, it affects all windows, not just ones that have been interactively > dedicated by the user. > Indeed, that option is used for C-x b in all dedicated windows. > > I personally have just set switch-to-buffer-in-dedicated-window to > `pop', so that C-x b works when I happen to be in a window which was > made strongly dedicated by a Lisp program. But for windows which I > interactively choose to dedicate with toggle-window-dedicated, I think > I'd prefer the `t' behavior. Which is effectively what we have now by > weakly dedicating the window. > It is wise to go into such refinements for a new command that, as Eli says, is a bit borderline? Right now window dedication is not even mentioned in the Emacs manual. Perhaps a new value for switch-to-buffer-in-dedicated-window, which would prompt the user and offer them the choice to either display the buffer in the current window or in another window, would be enough (and more generally useful)?