From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8936: 24.0.50; Incompatible change in the meaning of "other window" Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:29:14 +0200 Message-ID: <4E06FBEA.6010202@gmx.at> References: <19974.24793.979873.787090@rgr.rgrjr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309080631 15617 80.91.229.12 (26 Jun 2011 09:30:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:30:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8936@debbugs.gnu.org To: Bob Rogers Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 26 11:30:28 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qalff-0005gr-9D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:30:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38179 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qalfe-0007o1-6A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:30:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59115) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QalfM-0007lx-6x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:30:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QalfK-0006r6-6l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:30:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35163) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QalfJ-0006qx-UH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:30:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QalfI-0005wP-Sg; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:30:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:30:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8936 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8936-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8936.130908056322717 (code B ref 8936); Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:30:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8936) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2011 09:29:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qalec-0005uM-Ri for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qaleb-0005uA-3x for 8936@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:29:22 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 26 Jun 2011 09:29:14 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-38-195.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.38.195]) [62.47.38.195] by mail.gmx.net (mp059) with SMTP; 26 Jun 2011 11:29:14 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX182YGkrURw29NidznrS0CcdzRKKgkmtZrGPCNwcOF pQdo75Bxgc9l12 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <19974.24793.979873.787090@rgr.rgrjr.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:30:04 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47489 Archived-At: > The problem is that C-x 4 b now creates a new frame to display the > buffer, instead of creating or reusing a window in the current frame. > This can be reproduced by typing "C-x 4 b" as the first thing in a fresh > "emacs -Q"; you will see the *Messages* buffer opened in a new frame. > > This is in emacs trunk via git last updated today at 21:59:08 UTC. Here a new window pops up. Could you please step through the functions `display-buffer-pop-up-window', `display-buffer-split-window' and `display-buffer-split-window-1' to find out why splitting a window fails on your system? If Emacs can't split a window I currently make a new frame because the doc-string of `switch-to-buffer-other-window' explicitly says that "The selected window will be used only if there is no other choice" and making a new frame _is_ another choice. If people think that reusing the selected window is a better choice I can easily do that. Thanks, martin