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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.





  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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