If I do C-x 5 f, a new frame opens if needed (if I have only one frame to
begin with).
But if I do C-x 9 f, the buffer opens in a second frame only if I have 2
frames to begin with. If I had just one frame open, C-x 9 f seems to do
nothing. Is that by design? If not, I can debug my config.

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 5:50 PM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:

> >     ;; FIXME: This is basically the union of the default C-x 4 and C-x 5
> >     ;; keymaps in Emacs-25.
> > Is the point of this FIXME: that eventually this could replace the C-x 4
> > and C-x 5 keymaps?
>
> Good question.  I think it was a mistake.  I probably started to write
> "FIXME:" because I wanted to document the problem of the "dwim"
> commands, which are somewhat ugly, but then I went ahead and wrote
> those dwim commands and decided it wasn't that bad.  So the end result
> is a doc that isn't really a FIXME but which starts with "FIXME:".
>
> > - Why is (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'ofw--reset-prefix) before the
> >   'if', instead of in the else branch?
>
> I like to write minor modes such that they always begin by cleaning up
> first and then, if requested, adding what needs to be added.
> I think in the case of global hooks it makes no difference, but for
> a few other cases it avoids adding stuff twice or having to check
> whether the mode was already enabled or something.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>