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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 10144@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10144: 24.0.91; `pop-up-frames' with dedicated windows is broken: `C-x C-f'
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:37:21 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv1ussg8y9.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C1C588FB885845CE931BED688EA7D416@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:17:46 -0800")

> emacs -Q
> C-x d some-dir
> M-x set-variable pop-up-frames t
> (set-window-dedicated-p (selected-window) t)
> RET ; on some file name

> In Emacs 24 you get the error "Cannot switch...".

In Emacs-24 and Emacs-21 and Emacs-22.

> In previous releases the chosen file is visited in another frame.

You mean in Emacs-23 only.

> Dedicated windows should be primarily about making Emacs use a different
> window/frame.  They should not just prevent showing the file altogether, by
> raising an error.

If the user uses find-file rather than find-file-other-window, she
presumably knows what she's doing.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-28  4:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-26 18:27 bug#10144: 24.0.91; `pop-up-frames' with dedicated windows is broken: `C-x C-f' Drew Adams
2011-11-26 19:14 ` martin rudalics
2011-11-26 19:26   ` Drew Adams
2011-11-27 10:41     ` martin rudalics
2011-11-27 14:17       ` Drew Adams
2011-11-28  4:37         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-11-28 13:33           ` martin rudalics
2011-11-28 16:56             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-28 17:01               ` Drew Adams
2011-11-28 19:40                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-29 10:48                   ` martin rudalics
2011-11-29 14:03                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-29 10:48               ` martin rudalics
2011-11-29 14:04                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-28 15:30           ` Drew Adams
2011-11-28 17:07             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-28 17:25               ` Drew Adams
2011-11-28 19:45                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-29  5:26                   ` Chong Yidong
2011-11-29 14:01                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-30 18:22                 ` Drew Adams

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