From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: switch-to-buffer: for interactive use only Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:45:26 +0200 Message-ID: <4E181526.8030902@gmx.at> References: <0aiprg76eu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87hb6zt8rg.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8739ihlsry.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E16A728.5040002@gmx.at> <4E170E48.5040408@gmx.at> <4E173412.3090804@gmx.at> <87d3hkmt0k.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vcvcmr8y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87zkkokwp7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310201194 31646 80.91.229.12 (9 Jul 2011 08:46:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 08:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 09 10:46:29 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1QfTBE-0000GP-Ba for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:46:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57779 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfTBD-0000fk-AZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:46:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40454) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfTAN-0000Wg-Vw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:45:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfTAM-0006XY-5Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:45:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:57526) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfTAL-0006Wd-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:45:33 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 09 Jul 2011 08:45:29 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-36-119.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.36.119]) [62.47.36.119] by mail.gmx.net (mp057) with SMTP; 09 Jul 2011 10:45:29 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+applW3DmaYidUphURF7sPy+xY2fCBOrD0zn5Sj5 c1xRZUmm35YNlh User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87zkkokwp7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 213.165.64.23 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:141843 Archived-At: > Fair enough. So, I propose the following: > > - Make switch-to-buffer basically do > (pop-to-buffer buffer-or-name 'same-window norecord label) Stefan wants the "basically" used function reuse weakly dedicated windows so you need a reuse-dedicated non-t specifier here. > - Make pop-to-buffer-same-window an alias for switch-to-buffer. > (This means to add an optional LABEL arg to switch-to-buffer, for > consistency with pop-to-buffer-same-window.) Only if you do not change the code of `pop-to-buffer-same-window'. I'll need that elsewhere as is. > - Remove the "interactive use only" flag from switch-to-buffer. Good. > - For those places that intend the "act on the selected window" > behavior---which is the minority---change the code to call > (set-window-buffer (selected-window) buffer), instead of > switch-to-buffer. Only if we make minibuffer windows dedicated ;-) martin