Re: [BUG] Org agenda misbehaves in a side window [9.5 (9.5-g0a86ad @ /home/zellerin/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.5/)]

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Tomas Zellerin <tomas@zellerin.cz> writes:

> When Agenda buffer is in a side window, several actions fail with
> "Cannot make side window the only window".
>
> Example:
>
> emacs -Q
> in *scratch*, (setq display-buffer-alist '(("\\*Org Agenda\\*"
> display-buffer-in-side-window)))
> M-x org-agenda t to display Todo agenda
> in org-agenda buffer, another M-x org-agenda is observed fails with error above,
> expected is display the menu to select agenda command

Confirmed.

> Other failing commands are for example changes of todo state in agenda
> buffer.
>
> The reason seems that org-agenda-get-restriction-and-command calls
> delete-other-window; however, this is not something user observes and
> expects as effect of those commands.

Sure, but what can we do in order to both fix this and also not break
the existing behaviour?

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