bug#58346: 29.0.50; Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window (in other frame)

bug#58346: 29.0.50; Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window (in other frame)

[Jean Louis]

1. I have 2 frames;

2. In one frame I have minibuffer, asking me something;

3. I need information from other frame;

4. I switch to other frame; that works; I can type in other frame;

5. But I need to switch buffer in that other frame, switching buffer is
   not allowed;

That is not logical. Especially if I can use menu Buffers and click on
buffer to swtich to it.

It is also not logical that minibuffer prompt appears in all frames. It
should be locked to single frame. Not to all frames.


In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 4, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo
 version 1.17.6, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2022-10-05 built on
 protected.rcdrun.com
Repository revision: 9449e0740cd97bbcdbaeb4713dc2dd51e65994fd
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-- 
Jean

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bug#58346: 29.0.50; Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window (in other frame)

[miha--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

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Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> 1. I have 2 frames;
>
> 2. In one frame I have minibuffer, asking me something;
>
> 3. I need information from other frame;
>
> 4. I switch to other frame; that works; I can type in other frame;
>
> 5. But I need to switch buffer in that other frame, switching buffer is
>    not allowed;

Have you tried
(setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)

> That is not logical. Especially if I can use menu Buffers and click on
> buffer to swtich to it.
>
> It is also not logical that minibuffer prompt appears in all frames. It
> should be locked to single frame. Not to all frames.

Perhaps (setq minibuffer-follows-selected-frame nil) could be more to
your liking, or maybe (setq minibuffer-follows-selected-frame 'partial).

Best regards.

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bug#58346: 29.0.50; Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window (in other frame)

[Eli Zaretskii]

tags 58346 notabug
thanks.

> Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:57:21 +0200
> From: miha--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
> 
> > 1. I have 2 frames;
> >
> > 2. In one frame I have minibuffer, asking me something;
> >
> > 3. I need information from other frame;
> >
> > 4. I switch to other frame; that works; I can type in other frame;
> >
> > 5. But I need to switch buffer in that other frame, switching buffer is
> >    not allowed;
> 
> Have you tried
> (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
> 
> > That is not logical. Especially if I can use menu Buffers and click on
> > buffer to swtich to it.
> >
> > It is also not logical that minibuffer prompt appears in all frames. It
> > should be locked to single frame. Not to all frames.
> 
> Perhaps (setq minibuffer-follows-selected-frame nil) could be more to
> your liking, or maybe (setq minibuffer-follows-selected-frame 'partial).

Indeed, I think one or the other should fit the bill.

Emacs behaves as expected here, there's no bug.

bug#58346: 29.0.50; Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window (in other frame)

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> tags 58346 notabug
> thanks.
[...]
>> Perhaps (setq minibuffer-follows-selected-frame nil) could be more to
>> your liking, or maybe (setq minibuffer-follows-selected-frame 'partial).
>
> Indeed, I think one or the other should fit the bill.
>
> Emacs behaves as expected here, there's no bug.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.