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Re: master 0bd221b: Fix problem of having the wrong window selected afte


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: master 0bd221b: Fix problem of having the wrong window selected after saving foo.gpg
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:04:17 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>>>     * lisp/epa.el (epa--select-keys): Restore the window configuration
>>>     after selecting the key to use (bug#43703).  This also ensures
>>>     that the buffer we were editing ends up as the current buffer
>>>     after saving it, instead of selecting a different window.
>>> +  (let ((conf (current-window-configuration)))
>> [...]
>>> +        (set-window-configuration conf)))))
>>
>> I think this is called `save-window-excursion`.
>
> I wasn't sure whether that macro would survive the call to
> recursive-edit, but I guess it would.

It does the same as your code, yes.

>> FWIW, I think `save-window-excursion` is never the right solution
>> because it doesn't take into account the case where `pop-to-buffer`
>> uses another frame.
>>
>> I can never remember which is the function to "undo" a `display-buffer`,
>> but I believe it's something like `quit-window` or `bury-buffer`.
>> We should add a reference to these in the docstring of `display-buffer`
>> and `pop-to-buffer`.
>
> So would a quit-buffer before killing the buffer have fixed the problem
> here?

I'm not sure, to be honest.
I'd use a `save-current-buffer` to be on the safe side.


        Stefan




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