Drew Adams wrote:
If a frame is `one-window-p', command `other-window' silently does
nothing.
It might be better to let it do `other-frame' in that case. The optional
second arg to `other-window' is not accessible interactively anyway,
so what
about this:
1. Bind a new command to `C-x o', to replace `other-window'. It would
do the
same thing except when `one-window-p' - in that case, it would do
`other-frame'.
2. Keep function `other-window' as is (with its second arg), for Lisp.
IOW (but with a better doc string):
(defun other-window-or-frame (arg)
"`other-frame', if `one-window-p'; otherwise, `other-window'."
(interactive "p")
(if (one-window-p) (other-frame arg) (other-window arg)))
(define-key ctl-x-map "o" 'other-window-or-frame)
Actually, now that you mention it, I've just added this to my .emacs:
(defadvice other-window (before one-window-p activate)
"If there are no other windows, signal an error."
(when (one-window-p)
(error "No other windows")))
(defadvice other-frame (before one-frame-p activate)
"If there are no other frames, signal an error."
(when (= (length (frame-list)) 1)
(error "No other frames")))