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#23131: switch-to-buffer-other-frame problem Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:13:27 +0200 Message-ID: <56FA9B97.5020807@gmx.at> References: <56F91406.2080304@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1459266091 23051 80.91.229.3 (29 Mar 2016 15:41:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:41:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23131@debbugs.gnu.org To: jan Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 29 17:41:18 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1akvle-0008Cr-18 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:41:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48100 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvld-0005TI-J5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:41:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41883) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvLL-0002Pu-RX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:14:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvLG-0007qQ-Oj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:14:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46783) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvLG-0007qM-LL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akvLG-0007x4-Hn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:14:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:14:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23131 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23131-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23131.145926442430523 (code B ref 23131); Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23131) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Mar 2016 15:13:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43908 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akvKx-0007wF-W8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:13:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:52589) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akvKv-0007w0-Pr for 23131@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([212.95.7.36]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MTjMy-1aKd3c31Um-00QWPF; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:13:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:PCLku/kO0PYd2HYX06Ve7/HAh4/3yf5fPK8JrAAz4okic2xOMKH uXZHJeTMIdLBctnhGcasY/13ceJbIWvtibGbZn6VyNeDLZ4isoxtgtPqk431huotsrwHr7H wUs+rXYLnP9vIff4JdttvDE7eIPb+f2LiGeb0hzgzD0B++LKcZU46cdeBHQUgNtvEBMV52H Sl7L1BeyuA9sqEcFwo2yQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:Uam5JgYEZi4=:CdFkJXooyWCvu21Y4up2/0 DWPDdK5M3GZ/+Z0Mi6dYla5fwpTHF4QfewKV32i42caxfoBqEy/ZquIz2T+MyYsVArc3H2H75 7EDiU014UPqcQCf4/FEaKGq1acj2gZhA2Y26BruwuclJUA8oaQldVr/7D6LK7mmSbXIhcN1eW e0VaO0coCmLpVrkrCwzcg2aO+mtD1rLHUUUwi8ozVivX8lI6a1q/kTk0JK2cl1hlcI7e8XMSP inhKR7AG4Kfc3VGxQGiXY7V+lZSPBDKe8AOgDpUf00T+a6SCN3kwwvRn9rBY2WaNSV5TrJaug cSSIy+Jr4mX9MLulIAYFhHtGk+FcQ1Du2blXOLz/PXxGpM2IRwbeODWWct5fT+zHS0bDoJq6n Fgm6BibN1eTWWe6fV38lTKShu2d1AVhNpdIHI1NlgYeK9wM6m32iGO4UTr8rKp3KOIJjw/GGw CnFKFpE+7WOhn3v18UkcUo/n9/cV5AoZKA084+YCNtbZjKIpAFQZTO+hM0qvNrD3t+MA5U4i1 Ti3HIcIbPbT9K9DqjKeaoMvLT0M9kxlZxbWrM3mNhmxS12bKNi3c2Dif/amnelL41E6tr3aho +dU9FVhXQDEPpCoHg8UaCbiUpbjiONDtU99pfEUsA3Y8Te5hhTaNRYimLwt/GxxQPBP7DaBhd RuTPZ/x4EfmD8Pu4Qi1SF6f5jNOKADvVXC9TIa7kYDyAg24DKgqsbLU5j722YPNm5OEuPBVyV P7RmDpYFxXz0iZwMTL6nZk+tT+yagwmcN1tqVYfQ1wjvBNRzXOWNGT19z+NC3sJySEO6uhFC X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:115711 Archived-At: >> If, in this situation, you type C-x b, Emacs won't offer you sample.t= xt >> as completion either. Ditto for =E2=80=98switch-to-buffer-other-wind= ow=E2=80=99. > > I'd say that replication of (arguably questionable) behaviour doesn't > justify it. We'll have to wait until the respective author(s) explain the reasons for the change. >> It's >> difficult to say what the correct behavior should be. I never use th= e >> buffer switching commands, so I have no preference. But I suppose th= at >> some people would complain if C-x b offered them the buffer already >> shown in the selected window as possible completion. > > Well, Eli Zaretski said of this (I'd emailed him first) "Yes, it's a > feature: Emacs doesn't offer you a buffer that is already displayed in= > an existing window. This was introduced in Emacs 24." IIUC it was introduced in Emacs 23. > So it is new behaviour. Relatively so, since I can reproduce it with a seven years old build. If I'm not mistaken the change is by Juri Linkov from 2008-04-22. > Therefore: 1) was it introduced deliberately? If so, why? (if the code= > was the code made more complex by introducing a special case rather > than simplifiying it, doubly why?) > > And: 2) this behaviour is not documented. My understanding is that > documentation omissions are considered bugs. Juri, what do you think? martin