(switch_to_buffer_1): New subroutine, taken out from Fswitch_to_buffer.

(no_switch_buffer): New function.
(Fswitch_to_buffer): Call them.  Don't get confused
by "same-window" buffers in a dedicated frame.

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index d6989697a7..5bd83ceb53 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -1320,26 +1320,30 @@ the current buffer's major mode.")
   return unbind_to (count, Qnil);
 }
 
-DEFUN ("switch-to-buffer", Fswitch_to_buffer, Sswitch_to_buffer, 1, 2, "BSwitch to buffer: ",
-  "Select buffer BUFFER in the current window.\n\
-BUFFER may be a buffer or a buffer name.\n\
-Optional second arg NORECORD non-nil means\n\
-do not put this buffer at the front of the list of recently selected ones.\n\
-\n\
-WARNING: This is NOT the way to work on another buffer temporarily\n\
-within a Lisp program!  Use `set-buffer' instead.  That avoids messing with\n\
-the window-buffer correspondences.")
-  (buffer, norecord)
-     Lisp_Object buffer, norecord;
+/* If switching buffers in WINDOW would be an error, return
+   a C string saying what the error would be.  */
+
+char *
+no_switch_window (window)
+     Lisp_Object window;
 {
-  register Lisp_Object buf;
   Lisp_Object tem;
-
-  if (EQ (minibuf_window, selected_window))
-    error ("Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window");
-  tem = Fwindow_dedicated_p (selected_window);
+  if (EQ (minibuf_window, window))
+    return "Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window";
+  tem = Fwindow_dedicated_p (window);
   if (!NILP (tem))
-    error ("Cannot switch buffers in a dedicated window");
+    return "Cannot switch buffers in a dedicated window";
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Switch to buffer BUFFER in the selected window.
+   If NORECORD is non-nil, don't call record_buffer.  */
+
+Lisp_Object
+switch_to_buffer_1 (buffer, norecord)
+     Lisp_Object buffer, norecord;
+{
+  register Lisp_Object buf;
 
   if (NILP (buffer))
     buf = Fother_buffer (Fcurrent_buffer (), Qnil, Qnil);
@@ -1364,6 +1368,26 @@ the window-buffer correspondences.")
   return buf;
 }
 
+DEFUN ("switch-to-buffer", Fswitch_to_buffer, Sswitch_to_buffer, 1, 2, "BSwitch to buffer: ",
+  "Select buffer BUFFER in the current window.\n\
+BUFFER may be a buffer or a buffer name.\n\
+Optional second arg NORECORD non-nil means\n\
+do not put this buffer at the front of the list of recently selected ones.\n\
+\n\
+WARNING: This is NOT the way to work on another buffer temporarily\n\
+within a Lisp program!  Use `set-buffer' instead.  That avoids messing with\n\
+the window-buffer correspondences.")
+  (buffer, norecord)
+     Lisp_Object buffer, norecord;
+{
+  char *err;
+
+  err = no_switch_window (selected_window);
+  if (err) error (err);
+
+  return switch_to_buffer_1 (buffer, norecord);
+}
+
 DEFUN ("pop-to-buffer", Fpop_to_buffer, Spop_to_buffer, 1, 3, 0,
   "Select buffer BUFFER in some window, preferably a different one.\n\
 If BUFFER is nil, then some other buffer is chosen.\n\