Re: Use of dedicated windows in gdb-mi.el

[Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> 
> > From: Oleh Krehel <ohwoeowho <at> gmail.com>
> > Cc: emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
> > Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:14:40 +0100
> > 
> > 1. `gdb' a C++ program
> > 2. `gdb-many-windows'
> > 3. switch to "*input/output of main*"
> > 4. issue `ido-switch-buffer`
> > 
> > => the buffer is switched in the "main.cc" window, although the point was 
in the
> > "*input/output of main*" window. I'm guessing that's because
> > "*input/output of main*" is dedicated. In fact, all of them are, except
> > the two that I actually want to see always: "main.cc" and "*gud-main*".
> 
> I suggest calling ido-switch-buffer in another frame.
> 
> 

From what I understand, this work-around is an illustration of the point, 
rather than a solution: when someone presses C-x b, they want to change the 
buffer displayed in the current window. They do not want to have to switch to 
another window/frame before that, and they do not want to see the desired 
buffer appear in a random window.