bug#1415: marked as done (23.0.60; display-buffer doesn't honor NOT-THIS-WINDOW argument)

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and subject line Re: bug#1415: 23.0.60; display-buffer doesn't honor 
NOT-THIS-WINDOW argument
has caused the Emacs bug report #1415,
regarding 23.0.60; display-buffer doesn't honor NOT-THIS-WINDOW argument
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> 23.0.60; display-buffer doesn't honor NOT-THIS-WINDOW argument
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> Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:01:37 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)
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> I think that display-buffer returns sometimes the selected window even
> if the NOT-THIS-WINDOW argument is true.  Here is a test case:
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> (progn
>   (defun display-buffer-checked (buffer)
>     (let ((selected (selected-window))
>           (window (display-buffer buffer t)))
>       (when (eq selected window)
>         (error "display-buffer returned selected window"))
>       window))
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>   (let ((foo (get-buffer-create "foo"))
>         (bar (get-buffer-create "bar")))
>     (select-window (get-buffer-window "*scratch*"))
>     (save-selected-window 
>       (select-window (display-buffer-checked foo)))
>     (save-selected-window 
>       (select-window (display-buffer-checked bar)))))
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> display-buffer-checked just calls display-buffer and checks that the
> returned window isn't the selected window.  From looking at the code of
> display-buffer, I would say that display-buffer returns the lru window
> even if that's the selected window.
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> Helmut.
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> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20)
>  of 2008-11-22 on xaital
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000
> configured using `configure  '--without-sound' '--without-pop' '--without-gif' 
> '--without-tiff''
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> > I've used the patch now for two days and it seems to work well.
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> I've checked in a slightly more restrictive version.
> Please try again and keep an eye on this.
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> Thanks again for reporting, martin.
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