bug#63967: 28.2; switch-to-buffer in normal window fails if minibuffer window is active

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Eli.

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 15:15:14 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:36:37 +0000
> > Cc: al@petrofsky.org, rudalics@gmx.at, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
> >   63967@debbugs.gnu.org, acm@muc.de
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
> > 
> > So I see the fix somewhat along the lines of removing the offending
> > Fset_frame_selected_window from minibuffer_unwind, and maybe rearranging
> > the calls to record_unwind_protect* in read_minibuf to arrange for the
> > window configuration call to do the job of restoring the "current"
> > window.
> > 
> > It seems to me you might want to put the fix into Emacs 29.  Am I right?

> Yes.  I wouldn't be pinging you if it weren't so.

:-)

> So I hope you will present a suggested patch soon, and that it will be
> simple and safe enough to install on the release branch.  TIA.

OK, thanks.  I should have enough time to look at it properly from this
evening (European time).  I hope to have a patch ready on Friday, or
possibly Saturday.

As for "simple and safe enough", we'll see what we can manage.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).