Re: switch-to-buffer: for interactive use only

[Chong Yidong]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> There are two different uses of switch-to-buffer:
> - the ones like in unbury-buffer where the main point is that it
>   operates on the selected window.
> - the ones like in find-file where the main point is that it wants to
>   display a given buffer.
>
> In single-frame circumstances, the two cases are identical, so most
> authors who use Emacs in a single-frame mode don't even realize that
> there's a choice to be made.
>
> Until Emacs-23, switch-to-buffer assumed the main point was to only
> affect the selected-window (and hence signal an error if the switch is
> not possible).
>
> In Emacs-23, I've changed it to assume that the main point is to
> display the given buffer (by delegating the job to pop-to-buffer if
> necessary).
>
> Recently, I reverted my Emacs-23 change because it introduced bugs
> (e.g. in unbury-buffer and bs--cycle-next).

How bout if switch-to-buffer tries to operate on the selected window,
and calls pop-to-buffer if that is not possible?