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bug#20472: 24.4; Cannot switch buffers in a dedicated window - report th
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#20472: 24.4; Cannot switch buffers in a dedicated window - report this error earlier |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:46:20 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> Cannot switch buffers in a dedicated window
>>
>> This error message should appear earlier, as soon as C-x b is given.
>> Emacs should not ask you to type in the new buffer name before it tells
>> you that switching buffers is not allowed.
> Indeed. Unless someone has a better idea I'll install something like
> the below.
An alternative would be to make C-x b use another window in such a case.
I.e. remove the `force-same-window' argument (I think that would make
sense at least for the window-minibuffer-p case). An other alternative
would be to un-dedicate the window (only after prompting the user, tho).
Stefan