Re: display-buffer-other-frame - useful? doc string?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> 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.  Then again, given the way interaction
with window-managers is always unreliable and messed up, I wouldn't be
surprised to hear that the second call can occasionally get lost.


        Stefan