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Re: How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete?
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete? |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:01:36 +0200 |
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:46:57 +0000
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> > I don't think I agree, not in this general form anyway. The C code
> > assigns values to minibuf_window in several places; this function is
> > the Lisp counterpart of that. If the C code can assign that variable,
> > why cannot Lisp code do the same if it needs to?
>
> The C code does it only under very carefully controlled circumstances
> (such as when iconising a frame).
If that's the real problem, then let's document that this function can
be dangerous and should only be used with extreme care.
> > > Could I ask you, please, to reconsider?
>
> > I might -- if I see some specific reasoning. I didn't see that yet.
>
> OK. set-minibuffer-window, as it stands, has no function. Maybe as an
> alternative to obsoleting it, we could give it functionality - the
> function could move an open minibuffer from one frame to another frame,
> for example. But I'm not sure what the use case is. All the
> minibuffer-follows-selected-frame stuff is done internally in minibuf.c.
Martin suggested adding functionality, and I'm okay with doing that.
RE: [External] : How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete?, Drew Adams, 2021/03/16
Re: How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete?, Stefan Monnier, 2021/03/16
Re: How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete?, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/03/16
Re: How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete?, Stefan Monnier, 2021/03/16
Re: How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete?, martin rudalics, 2021/03/17