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Re: display-buffer-other-frame - useful? doc string?
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: display-buffer-other-frame - useful? doc string? |
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Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:43:09 +0100 |
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Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>> The intention of this function seems to be (compared to C-x 5 b) that
>>> the focus should stay in the original frame rather than go to the
>>> new frame.
>
>> Except that the current frame is unmapped, and thus made completely
>> invisible (not even iconified). IMHO that the worst feature of that
>> function.
>
> Hmm.. the code does:
>
> (make-frame-invisible (window-frame old-window))
> (make-frame-visible (window-frame old-window))
>
> so it *shouldn't* stay invisible.
That didn't work when I tried it with fvwm2. But in any case, it will
result in an annoying flicker.
Andreas.
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Re: display-buffer-other-frame - useful? doc string?, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/10