Re: pop-to-buffer and friends new behavior or bug?

[Thierry Volpiatto]

martin rudalics <address@hidden> writes:

>> In anything, i can browse image directory without quitting anything.
>> This function `anything-find-files-persistent-action', use
>> `display-buffer' and then display image with image-dired function in
>> this buffer.This doesn't work anymore (display-buffer).
>> The image is displayed ...in minibuffer!!!
>> However it is working fine if i use `switch-to-buffer'.
>> I have commited a fix at:
>> http://repo.or.cz/w/anything-config.git
>> where you can read the code.
>>
>> To reproduce with old code (the one that use display-buffer):
>> M-x anything-find-files
>> navigate to an image directory.
>> hit C-u C-z on an image filename
>> You will have the image displayed in minibuffer and it is impossible to
>> quit.
>>
>> The last code is working fine.
>
> Sorry, I build without image support so I won't be able to test this.
You don't need to have image support enabled, because the same bug is in
anything-M-x:
Try f5-a M-x and on any command hit C-z.
The expected (old) behavior is to have describe-function displayed in
other window.
Now it is displayed in minibuffer!

> Could you please try to edebug `display-buffer-reuse-window' and find
> out whether the line
>
>       (when (and (not (window-minibuffer-p window))
>
> is processed in this particular case?  If `window' is a minibuffer
> window, it should not be added to the set of candidate windows denoted
> by the variable `windows'.
>
> Thank you, martin
>
>
> PS: Basically, there would be already a bug if `window' were a minibuffer
> window in the test above because my first list is constructed by calling
>
> (window-list-1 nil 'nomini method-frame)
>
> where the 'nomini argument should filter out minibuffer windows.
>
>

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