bug#17675: 24.4.50; *gud* buffer keeps on getting buried

[martin rudalics]

>> diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
>> index 24d5469..71dc574 100644
>> --- a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
>> +++ b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
>> @@ -2603,7 +2603,12 @@ comint mode, which see."
>>                      file-subst)))
>>         (filepart (and file-word (concat "-" (file-name-nondirectory file))))
>>         (existing-buffer (get-buffer (concat "*gud" filepart "*"))))
>> -    (switch-to-buffer (concat "*gud" filepart "*"))
>> +    (select-window
>
> Is this select-window call neeeded?

Yes because 'display-buffer' does not select the window it uses.

>> +      (display-buffer
>> +       (get-buffer-create (concat "*gud" filepart "*"))
>> +       '(display-buffer-reuse-window
>> +         display-buffer-in-previous-window
>> +         display-buffer-same-window display-buffer-pop-up-window)))
>>       (when (and existing-buffer (get-buffer-process existing-buffer))
>>         (error "This program is already being debugged"))
>>       ;; Set the dir, in case the buffer already existed with a different 
dir.
>
> Martin, I see the switch-to-buffer is still present in master now,
> should it be fixed?

If you think that this might solve Bug#22374, I'd go for it.  Can you
explain how it solves that bug?

martin