From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8936: 24.0.50; Incompatible change in the meaning of "other window" Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:54:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <19974.24793.979873.787090@rgr.rgrjr.com> <4E06FBEA.6010202@gmx.at> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309085724 6802 80.91.229.12 (26 Jun 2011 10:55:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:55:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8936@debbugs.gnu.org, rogers-emacs@rgrjr.dyndns.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 26 12:55:19 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qamzn-0001UW-8b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:55:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39061 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qamzm-0006Em-1Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:55:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39917) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QamzX-0006DP-H6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QamzW-0001dD-BM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:55:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52995) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QamzW-0001d9-3m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QamzV-00042R-Nt; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:55:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:55:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8936 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8936-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8936.130908567115485 (code B ref 8936); Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:55:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8936) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2011 10:54:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qamz1-00041i-JE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:54:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qamyv-00041Q-Ly for 8936@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:54:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qamyp-0000CF-OT; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:54:19 -0400 In-reply-to: <4E06FBEA.6010202@gmx.at> (message from martin rudalics on Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:29:14 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:55:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:47493 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:29:14 +0200 > From: martin rudalics > Cc: 8936@debbugs.gnu.org > > If Emacs can't split a window I currently make a new frame because the > doc-string of `switch-to-buffer-other-window' explicitly says that "The > selected window will be used only if there is no other choice" and > making a new frame _is_ another choice. If people think that reusing > the selected window is a better choice I can easily do that. What could possibly prevent Emacs from splitting the current window in two? Only dimensions, or are there other reasons?