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
next prev parent 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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