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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
Cc: acm@muc.de, 64062@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64062: Emacs 29.0.91: With enable-recursive-minibuffers, C-x b foo splits the window.
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:46:29 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o7liuuzu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42ff58c7e86104bcce30@heytings.org> (message from Gregory Heytings on Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:58:39 +0000)

> Cc: 64062@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:58:39 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> 
> > emacs -Q
> > M-: (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
> > M-x
> > C-x b foo
> >
> > This creates the buffer foo, but erroneously splits the displayed window 
> > and displays the new buffer in the right hand or bottom half of the 
> > frame (depending on the frame's geometry).
> >
> > The window should not be split, and the new buffer should occupy the 
> > entirety of the original window.
> 
> AFAICS, that's not a bug.  Emacs 25, 26, 27 and 28 behave the same 
> (switch-to-buffer calls pop-to-buffer), and it makes sense to leave, by 
> default, the buffer in which M-x was called visible.  You can customize 
> that behavior with display-buffer-base-action.

Indeed, I don't think this long-time behavior is a bug.  It's more
like a feature.





      reply	other threads:[~2023-06-14 11:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-14 10:35 bug#64062: Emacs 29.0.91: With enable-recursive-minibuffers, C-x b foo splits the window Alan Mackenzie
2023-06-14 10:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-06-14 10:58 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-06-14 11:46   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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