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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: 11039@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11039: 24.0.94; Window incorrectly getting selected
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:57:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F686284.7080607@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87haxjfxrs.fsf@gnu.org>

 > IMO, this is a very inconsistent interface.  Help windows ought to stick
 > closely to the default `display-buffer' behavior.  I don't see why they
 > should be treated so differently from other "display XYZ in another
 > window" commands.  In fact, the default `other' value seems like the
 > worst of all worlds.
 >
 > You seem to be assuming that the user wants to dismiss the help window
 > immediately, but I don't think that that's a justified assumption.  When
 > writing Emacs Lisp code, for instance, I like to leave one window open
 > for the *Help* buffer, and this behavior keeps switching me out of the
 > code buffer.

At the time I wrote this there were many complaints that quitting help
is messy and I tried to address that.  So if you really want to change
something, you might consider a solution where we don't select a help
window when it got reused.  Aynthing else will throw off people who get
help in a new window and want to get rid of that window easily.

martin





  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-20 10:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-18 13:52 bug#11039: 24.0.94; Window incorrectly getting selected Chong Yidong
2012-03-18 18:48 ` martin rudalics
2012-03-19  6:05   ` Chong Yidong
2012-03-19  7:56     ` martin rudalics
2012-03-20  9:05       ` Chong Yidong
2012-03-20 10:57         ` martin rudalics [this message]
2012-03-20 12:57         ` Juanma Barranquero

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