Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> From what I understand, this work-around is an illustration of the
>> point, rather than a solution: when someone presses C-x b, they want
>> to change the buffer displayed in the current window.  They do not
>> want to have to switch to  another window/frame before that, and they
>> do not want to see the desired  buffer appear in a random window.

Hi Stefan,

> I introduced "softly dedicated" windows for that kind of situation:
> a "softly dedicated" window would not be chosen normally when Elisp code
> wants to display some buffer somewhere, but if the user does `C-x b'
> then the "soft dedication" gets overruled.
>
> I know Martin doesn't like this concept, but in any case, if we could
> try and arrange for gdb-mi to mark its windows as softly dedicated,
> I think it would solve your use case.

Thanks, it solves it. Please see if the attached patch is OK.

Oleh