Provide new option `delete-window-set-selected' (Bug#47300)

When `delete-window' deletes its frame's selected window, this new
option allows to choose another window as replacement.

* lisp/window.el (get-lru-window, get-mru-window)
(get-largest-window): New optional argument NO-OTHER.
(window-at-pos): New function.
(delete-window-set-selected): New option.
(delete-window): Handle `delete-window-set-selected'.
* src/window.c (Fdelete_window_internal): Set the selected
window of WINDOW's frame to the first window on that frame and
let `delete-window' choose a more suitable window instead.
* doc/lispref/windows.texi (Deleting Windows): Describe new
option `delete-window-set-selected'.
(Cyclic Window Ordering): Describe new NO-OTHER argument for
`get-lru-window', `get-mru-window' and `get-largest-window'.
* etc/NEWS: Mention `delete-window-set-selected' and the NO-OTHER
argument.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 3075fa0cd4e..06c6efd995a 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -605,6 +605,17 @@ These options include 'windmove-default-keybindings',
 ** Windows
 
 +++
+*** New option 'delete-window-set-selected'.
+This allows to choose a frame's selected window after deleting the
+previously selected one.
+
++++
+*** New argument NO-OTHER for some window functions.
+'get-lru-window', ‘get-mru-window’ and 'get-largest-window' now accept a
+new optional argument NO-OTHER which if non-nil avoids returning a
+window whose 'no-other-window' parameter is non-nil.
+
++++
 *** New 'display-buffer' function 'display-buffer-use-least-recent-window'.
 This is like 'display-buffer-use-some-window', but won't reuse the
 current window, and when called repeatedly will try not to reuse a