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Subject: switch-to-buffer: for interactive use only
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:40:25 -0400
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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. The Emacs 23.3 Lisp manual also says "The
@code{switch-to-buffer} function is often used interactively... It is
also used frequently in programs". Isn't there a better way to handle
this than replacing hundreds of calls with `pop-to-buffer-same-window'?