From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>,
45072@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45072: 28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during minibuffer editing
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:09:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eef6nqdc.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85dc6e0f-4430-0c82-4b96-aa7e2b92d937@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:02:35 +0200")
>>> It seems that problem is that read_minibuf messes up the windows so much,
>>> that at the end currently the only way to fix this mess is by restoring
>>> the previous window configuration. This means that there is a need
>>> to fix read_minibuf to restore all previous window states without using
>>> restore_window_configuration. Only then it will be possible to add
>>> a user option to disable using restore_window_configuration.
>>
>> But without such an option, it's hard to find and fix the problems,
>> because they're hidden by the `restore_window_configuration`.
>> So maybe we should introduce such an option, and then force ourselves to
>> live with it and then fix the problems we encounter.
>
> Exiting from and quitting `read-minibuffer' is hairy, in particular with
> multiple frames. IIRC it's hard to tell for an application how to clean
> up the state when the user quits and throws it back to the top level.
Since restore_window_configuration doesn't restore multiple frames,
we already don't clean up the previous state completely. So maybe
really it should be sufficient for a new option just to select
the original window if it still exists.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-19 18:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-06 14:07 bug#45072: 28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during minibuffer editing Jean Louis
2020-12-07 16:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-07 16:42 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-07 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-07 18:49 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-07 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-07 19:45 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 8:09 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-08 14:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-08 14:18 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 14:47 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-08 14:58 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-08 16:14 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-09 9:33 ` martin rudalics
2021-08-03 7:57 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-04 6:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-04 8:39 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-04 8:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-04 20:17 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-05 10:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-05 23:36 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-08 19:15 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-09 9:34 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-09 10:06 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-09 15:16 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-09 19:11 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-10 7:44 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 8:30 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 9:46 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 10:16 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 11:52 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 12:07 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-11 9:39 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-12 1:47 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 8:32 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-10 9:47 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 10:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 11:52 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 12:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-12 20:49 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-13 7:26 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-14 20:28 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-15 7:59 ` martin rudalics
2021-01-15 8:57 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-19 13:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-19 16:02 ` martin rudalics
2021-04-19 18:09 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-04-19 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-19 16:02 ` martin rudalics
2021-04-19 16:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-19 17:11 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-08 5:33 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-08 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
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