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bug#64619: [PATCH] Add toggle-window-dedicated command


From: Gregory Heytings
Subject: bug#64619: [PATCH] Add toggle-window-dedicated command
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 20:37:31 +0000


This makes the window "strongly" dedicated, which is more in line with what "Window will now display only its current buffer" promises (e.g. C-x b will refuse to switch to another buffer).

Ah, see earlier discussion.


Sorry, I missed that in the earlier discussion.


We at least want to be able to choose between strong and non-strong dedication. And having used this command I think non-strong dedication is a much better default, since it allows users to explicitly run C-x b to change buffers without having to switch off dedication.


I agree with Drew here: strong dedication would be a better default. The fact that the window was weakly dedicated and that I could switch to another buffer without any warning or confirmation surprised me when I tried your patch, hence my reaction. Dedicating a window to a buffer is somewhat like making a buffer read-only, and I guess "weak read-onlyness" would be surprising to most users.

2. I would not bind it to the "d" key but to the "!" key: ISTM that toggling window dedication is not such a common action that it needs a letter key binding.

It's not common at the moment, but I expect some users will use this command quite frequently. Also the C-x w prefix is pretty empty at the moment, so it's not as if it's competing with anything.


It's pretty empty, but IMO that's not a reason to use its "best" bindings for something like this. "d" should IMO be used for "delete" (yes, I know it's already available with C-x 0). See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg00326.html.






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