bug#45072: 28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during minibuffer editing

[martin rudalics]

>>> But 'minibuffer-hide-completions' uses 'bury-buffer' which would delete
>>> the completions window unconditionally even when it was only reused for
>>> showing completions.  IMO 'bury-buffer' is practically always the wrong
>>> choice for Lisp functions to call.
>>
>> Maybe 'quit-window' is better?
>
> Part of the problem is one of documentation: it's hard to know which one
> to call just by reading the docstrings.
>
> Also the above quoted text sounds counter intuitive: "bury buffer"
> sounds like it's mostly focused on hiding the *buffer*, potentially
> hiding the window along the way if necessary, whereas "quit window"
> sounds like it's mostly going to eliminate the *window*.

That's why Lisp code should call `quit-restore-window' instead of
`quit-window'.

> Of course, there's also the fact that `quit-window` is fairly new
> (introduced in Emacs-24), whereas `bury-buffer` has been with us forever.

Both, `bury-buffer' and `quit-window' should be used interactively only.

martin