From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>, 45072@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45072: 28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during minibuffer editing
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:02:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d4f9793b-ce8c-7eba-8b8b-d39327c8177f@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv1rb6xu6j.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
>>> But 'minibuffer-hide-completions' uses 'bury-buffer' which would delete
>>> the completions window unconditionally even when it was only reused for
>>> showing completions. IMO 'bury-buffer' is practically always the wrong
>>> choice for Lisp functions to call.
>>
>> Maybe 'quit-window' is better?
>
> Part of the problem is one of documentation: it's hard to know which one
> to call just by reading the docstrings.
>
> Also the above quoted text sounds counter intuitive: "bury buffer"
> sounds like it's mostly focused on hiding the *buffer*, potentially
> hiding the window along the way if necessary, whereas "quit window"
> sounds like it's mostly going to eliminate the *window*.
That's why Lisp code should call `quit-restore-window' instead of
`quit-window'.
> Of course, there's also the fact that `quit-window` is fairly new
> (introduced in Emacs-24), whereas `bury-buffer` has been with us forever.
Both, `bury-buffer' and `quit-window' should be used interactively only.
martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-19 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-06 14:07 bug#45072: 28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during minibuffer editing Jean Louis
2020-12-07 16:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-07 16:42 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-07 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-07 18:49 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-07 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-07 19:45 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 8:09 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-08 14:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-08 14:18 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 14:47 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-08 14:58 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-08 16:14 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-08 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-09 9:33 ` martin rudalics
2021-08-03 7:57 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-04 6:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-04 8:39 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-04 8:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-04 20:17 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-05 10:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-05 23:36 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-08 19:15 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-09 9:34 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-09 10:06 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-09 15:16 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-09 19:11 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-10 7:44 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 8:30 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 9:46 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 10:16 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 11:52 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 12:07 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-11 9:39 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-12 1:47 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 8:32 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-10 9:47 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 10:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 11:52 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-10 12:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-12 20:49 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-13 7:26 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-14 20:28 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-15 7:59 ` martin rudalics
2021-01-15 8:57 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-19 13:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-19 16:02 ` martin rudalics
2021-04-19 18:09 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-19 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-19 16:02 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2021-04-19 16:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-19 17:11 ` martin rudalics
2020-12-08 5:33 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-08 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
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