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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306504 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Arthur Miller >> Cc: Manuel Giraud , emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:50:36 +0200 >> >> Another problem with the above is that this will work only for 'other-window' >> for which Emacs has an algorithm to figure out which window it is. But what when >> you have more then two windows, and wish to switch to a different window than >> what Emacs considers as 'other-window'? You will have to prompt the user, to >> choose one. > > Not necessarily: since the commands know they are about *Help* and > *info* buffers, they could find the "correct" window themselves. Yes, that is what I was doing with the patch, making all help and info commands awae of which window they should act on, and when I talk that commands should be written so they aware of which window they run in. But as I understand Juri, he is trying to make a general approach that works in all cases, with all commands. So is how I interpret his first message about general method to send input to any window. Perhaps I misunderstand Juri, but my answer was about that general case, when any commands could possibly be sent to any window.