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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: switch-to-buffer: for interactive use only
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:10:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hb6zt8rg.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvsjqkxla4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:18:28 -0400")

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Was it really necessary to mark switch-to-buffer "for interactive use
>> only"? It's a pretty basic command that was used in ~ 800 places in the
>> Emacs 23.3 sources.
>
> Most of those calls were bugs waiting to catch you in Emacs<23 ("you"
> being typically a user like myself who uses dedicated windows and/or
> minibuffer-only frames).

How would you change this?

(defun unbury-buffer ()
  "Switch to the last buffer in the buffer list."
  (interactive)
  (switch-to-buffer (last-buffer)))



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-06 21:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-05 21:40 switch-to-buffer: for interactive use only Glenn Morris
2011-07-05 23:23 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-05 23:32   ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-05 23:34     ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-05 23:41     ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-06  1:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-06  1:49   ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-06  2:27     ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-06  5:55     ` Andreas Röhler
2011-07-06 21:10   ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2011-07-07  9:19     ` Štěpán Němec
2011-07-07 19:52     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-07 20:50       ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-07 21:11         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-07 23:39           ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-08  0:09             ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-08  1:12               ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-08  6:44               ` martin rudalics
2011-07-08  6:44             ` martin rudalics
2011-07-08  6:43           ` martin rudalics
2011-07-08 12:57             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-08 14:03               ` martin rudalics
2011-07-08 15:46                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-08 16:45                   ` martin rudalics
2011-07-08 18:46                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-08 20:12                       ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-08 20:34                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-08 20:50                           ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-08 23:16                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-09  2:35                               ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-09  3:09                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-09  8:45                                   ` martin rudalics
2011-07-11  3:41                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-11  9:43                                       ` martin rudalics
2011-07-09 19:25                                   ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-10  9:00                                     ` martin rudalics
2011-07-10 13:09                                       ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-10 13:31                                         ` martin rudalics
2011-07-11  3:45                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-11 14:56                                       ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-12  4:25                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-12  8:36                                           ` martin rudalics
2011-07-13 15:42                                             ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-13 17:18                                               ` martin rudalics
2011-07-13 21:53                                                 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-09  8:45                                 ` martin rudalics
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-07-13 22:13 grischka

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