Re: Allow controlling the effect of visibility on buffer switching

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Thuna <thuna.cing@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:46:32 +0300
> 
> 
> > Thanks, but why do we need such an option, given that we have
> > buffer-change history, and so the visible buffers are usually just a
> > couple of keystrokes away, like M-n?
> 
> If a buffer is open in multiple windows and one of these windows is
> momentarily switched off of to look at something else, it is unintuitive
> for buffer switching to default to a non-visible buffer instead of the
> previously open buffer.  More often than not, a quick [C-x b RET] is,
> and should be, sufficient for switching buffers.  Forcing the user to
> actively choose the buffer they want introduces unnecessary burden which
> can be a significant source of distraction over time.

Forcing users to learn too many options is also not a very good idea,
and we already have gobs of them.  So much so that even the head
maintainers don't remember that many of them exist.

So I'm asking whether "C-x b M-n RET" is not a good enough solution
for this use case?  Does anyone else have an opinion?