bug#1237: marked as done (23.0.60; `switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window)

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regarding 23.0.60; `switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window
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From: Markus Triska <markus.triska@gmx.at>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; `switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:27:30 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <20081024102730.972E2B43B34@mt-computer.local>


When you do:

   $ emacs -Q -f linum-mode

and then:

   C-x 2

you obtain one frame with two windows, the one on top being selected.

When you then do:

   M-: (switch-to-buffer-other-window "test") RET

the selected window is unexpectedly reused to display the new buffer.

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.11 (i386-apple-darwin8.11.1, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
 of 2008-10-14 on mt-computer.local
Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version 11.0.40400000
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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: 1237-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Cc: Markus Triska <markus.triska@gmx.at>
Subject: Re: bug#1237: 23.0.60;	`switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:14:05 +0100
Message-ID: <490D8B7D.3020008@gmx.at>

Fixed as

2008-11-02  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>

	* window.el (save-selected-window-norecord): New macro
	(walk-windows): Use save-selected-window-norecord and call
	select-window with NORECORD set.  (Bug#1237)

Thanks for the report, martin