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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-12-03 11:27:53 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-12-03 11:27:53 +0000
commit43954849f409ec1db056ff20291df616813a223b (patch)
tree637ffc36d977f6f403b5051f70fbdb17aeb21063 /lispref/windows.texi
parent0e29c77ff5403aaa123de83f1f7784075d52b0ed (diff)
downloademacs-43954849f409ec1db056ff20291df616813a223b.tar.gz
(Selecting Windows): get-lru-window and
get-largest-window don't consider dedicated windows.
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+++ b/lispref/windows.texi
@@ -488,7 +488,9 @@ these. The selected window is always the most recently used window.
The selected window can be the least recently used window if it is the
only window. A newly created window becomes the least recently used
-window until it is selected. A minibuffer window is never a candidate.
+window until it is selected. A minibuffer window is never a
+candidate. Dedicated windows are never candidates, and if all
+existing windows are dedicated, the value is @code{nil}.
The argument @var{frame} controls which windows are considered.
@@ -510,10 +512,12 @@ If it is a frame, consider windows on that frame.
This function returns the window with the largest area (height times
width). If there are no side-by-side windows, then this is the window
with the most lines. A minibuffer window is never a candidate.
+Dedicated windows are never candidates, and if all existing windows
+are dedicated, the value is @code{nil}.
-If there are two windows of the same size, then the function returns
-the window that is first in the cyclic ordering of windows (see
-following section), starting from the selected window.
+If there are two candidate windows of the same size, this function
+prefers the one that comes first in the cyclic ordering of windows
+(see following section), starting from the selected window.
The argument @var{frame} controls which set of windows to
consider. See @code{get-lru-window}, above.