Re: Bug in clone-indirect-buffer and clone-indirect-buffer-other-window

[Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>]

>     The second discrepancy is: although the info page indicates that the
>     only difference between clone-indirect-buffer and
>     clone-indirect-buffer-other-window is that the latter selects the
>     buffer in another window, I do not believe that this is the case.
>     The clone-indirect-buffer function accepts an argument and prompts
>     for a name while the clone-indirect-buffer-other-window function
>     ignores any numeric argument.  I would like to see the
>     clone-indirect-buffer-other-window function accept an argument
>     as well.
>
> I will do that.  Thanks.

Actually, your latest fix doesn't work: clone-indirect-buffer and
clone-indirect-buffer-other-window use different arguments, so to make
the behavior of clone-indirect-buffer-other-window similar to
clone-indirect-buffer, a new argument `newname' should be added.

The following patch also changes the prompt strings of `clone-buffer',
`clone-indirect-buffer' and `clone-indirect-buffer-other-window'.
(Note that the command `make-indirect-buffer' is already ok: it correctly
uses the interactive specification string "BName of indirect buffer: "
where the first character "B" is necessary.  But all other commands
construct a list of arguments instead of using the interactive specification
string).

Index: lisp/simple.el
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/simple.el,v
retrieving revision 1.784
diff -c -r1.784 simple.el
*** lisp/simple.el	20 Jan 2006 01:22:07 -0000	1.784
--- lisp/simple.el	22 Jan 2006 00:38:57 -0000
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*** 5196,5202 ****
  	 (error "Cannot clone a file-visiting buffer"))
       (if (get major-mode 'no-clone)
  	 (error "Cannot clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
!      (list (if current-prefix-arg (read-string "Name: "))
  	   t)))
    (if buffer-file-name
        (error "Cannot clone a file-visiting buffer"))
--- 5221,5228 ----
  	 (error "Cannot clone a file-visiting buffer"))
       (if (get major-mode 'no-clone)
  	 (error "Cannot clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
!      (list (if current-prefix-arg
! 	       (read-buffer "Name of new cloned buffer: " (current-buffer)))
  	   t)))
    (if buffer-file-name
        (error "Cannot clone a file-visiting buffer"))
***************
*** 5266,5272 ****
       (if (get major-mode 'no-clone-indirect)
  	 (error "Cannot indirectly clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
       (list (if current-prefix-arg
! 	       (read-string "BName of indirect buffer: "))
  	   t)))
    (if (get major-mode 'no-clone-indirect)
        (error "Cannot indirectly clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
--- 5292,5298 ----
       (if (get major-mode 'no-clone-indirect)
  	 (error "Cannot indirectly clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
       (list (if current-prefix-arg
! 	       (read-buffer "Name of indirect buffer: " (current-buffer)))
  	   t)))
    (if (get major-mode 'no-clone-indirect)
        (error "Cannot indirectly clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
***************
*** 5280,5300 ****
      buffer))
  
  
! (defun clone-indirect-buffer-other-window (buffer &optional norecord)
!   "Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of BUFFER.
! Select the new buffer in another window.
  Optional second arg NORECORD non-nil means do not put this buffer at
! the front of the list of recently selected ones."
    (interactive
     (progn
       (if (get major-mode 'no-clone-indirect)
  	 (error "Cannot indirectly clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
!      (list (if current-prefix-arg
! 	       (read-string "BName of indirect buffer: "))
! 	   t)))
    (let ((pop-up-windows t))
!     (set-buffer buffer)
!     (clone-indirect-buffer nil t norecord)))
  
  \f
  ;;; Handling of Backspace and Delete keys.
--- 5306,5334 ----
      buffer))
  
  
! (defun clone-indirect-buffer-other-window (base-buffer &optional norecord newname)
!   "Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of BASE-BUFFER.
! Select the new buffer in another window.  The argument BASE-BUFFER defaults
! to the current buffer.
! 
  Optional second arg NORECORD non-nil means do not put this buffer at
! the front of the list of recently selected ones.
! 
! Optional third arg NEWNAME specifies the name of the new indirect buffer.
! Interactively, read NEWNAME from the minibuffer when invoked with
! a prefix arg.  If NEWNAME is nil or if not called with a prefix arg,
! NEWNAME defaults to the current buffer's name.  The name is modified by
! adding a `<N>' suffix to it or by incrementing the N in an existing suffix."
    (interactive
     (progn
       (if (get major-mode 'no-clone-indirect)
  	 (error "Cannot indirectly clone a buffer in %s mode" mode-name))
!      (list nil nil
! 	   (if current-prefix-arg
! 	       (read-buffer "Name of indirect buffer: " (current-buffer))))))
    (let ((pop-up-windows t))
!     (if base-buffer (set-buffer base-buffer))
!     (clone-indirect-buffer newname t norecord)))
  
  \f
  ;;; Handling of Backspace and Delete keys.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/