From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Window configurations Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:12:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4BB4CF6B.2000007@alice.it> <87bpcv1wvt.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BE13828.2030609@gmx.at> <87vdb2qo82.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BE27C17.3030005@gmx.at> <87vdav4vx5.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BE900E7.3090402@gmx.at> <87r5liqv8f.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BEA74DC.2060103@gmx.at> <87y6fns8qo.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BECF4D6.9030707@gmx.at> <87632na2af.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4C03F1B5.8040708@gmx.at> <4C04D1BF.9070902@gmx.at> <87zkzcse1j.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4C08B53C.7040304@gmx.at> <877hmezpvu.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4C0A47BF.7010202@gmx.at> <87d3w5nuki.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4C0B7AA6.2090400@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1275873154 24756 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2010 01:12:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 01:12:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Emacs To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 07 03:12:30 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLQt7-000894-AE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:12:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35453 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OLQt6-0007QV-NW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:12:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58035 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OLQt0-0007QN-V2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:12:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLQsz-0004Dg-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:12:18 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:53115 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLQsz-0004Dc-Pg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:12:17 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAEPkC0xFpYBi/2dsb2JhbACeP3K9QYUXBIxn X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,374,1272859200"; d="scan'208";a="67463408" Original-Received: from 69-165-128-98.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.128.98]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 06 Jun 2010 21:12:17 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2F17181B0; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:12:17 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4C0B7AA6.2090400@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:38:30 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:125566 Archived-At: > One of my favorite mysteries is why, when WINDOW is already selected, > `select-window' should not set the current buffer. I think the answer is simply "because it's not needed". In contrast, when we do have to change the selected window, we have to pay attention to the point/window-point correspondence which makes it necessary to set the buffer. Of course, this necessity could be made just internal. IOW, it's mostly accidental. Stefan