From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: jan <rtm443x@googlemail.com>, 23131@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23131: switch-to-buffer-other-frame problem
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:49:32 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a8ld6reb.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56FA9B97.5020807@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:13:27 +0200")
>>> If, in this situation, you type C-x b, Emacs won't offer you sample.txt
>>> as completion either. Ditto for ‘switch-to-buffer-other-window’.
>>
>> I'd say that replication of (arguably questionable) behaviour doesn't
>> justify it.
>
> We'll have to wait until the respective author(s) explain the reasons
> for the change.
>
>>> It's
>>> difficult to say what the correct behavior should be. I never use the
>>> buffer switching commands, so I have no preference. But I suppose that
>>> some people would complain if C-x b offered them the buffer already
>>> shown in the selected window as possible completion.
>>
>> Well, Eli Zaretski said of this (I'd emailed him first) "Yes, it's a
>> feature: Emacs doesn't offer you a buffer that is already displayed in
>> an existing window. This was introduced in Emacs 24."
>
> IIUC it was introduced in Emacs 23.
>
>> So it is new behaviour.
>
> Relatively so, since I can reproduce it with a seven years old build.
> If I'm not mistaken the change is by Juri Linkov from 2008-04-22.
>
>> Therefore: 1) was it introduced deliberately? If so, why? (if the code
>> was the code made more complex by introducing a special case rather
>> than simplifiying it, doubly why?)
>>
>> And: 2) this behaviour is not documented. My understanding is that
>> documentation omissions are considered bugs.
>
> Juri, what do you think?
This change was discussed here where you can see all arguments pro and contra:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/93054/focus=95497
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-01 19:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-27 23:37 bug#23131: switch-to-buffer-other-frame problem jan
2016-03-28 11:22 ` martin rudalics
2016-03-29 8:38 ` jan
2016-03-29 15:13 ` martin rudalics
2016-04-01 19:49 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-07-14 14:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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