If i understand the function window-list right it should return a window-list in that order `other-window', `walk-windows' or `next-window' would return/ Move?! Is my understanding right? If not then i would vote for that order! Ok, then current window-list function is buggy, because it returns the wrong order. This is function defined in emacs-version: "21.4 (patch 10) \"Military Intelligence (RC5 Windows)\" XEmacs Lucid" (defun window-list (&optional frame minibuf window) "Return a list of windows on FRAME, beginning with WINDOW. FRAME and WINDOW default to the selected ones. Optional second arg MINIBUF t means count the minibuffer window even if not active. If MINIBUF is neither t nor nil it means not to count the minibuffer even if it is active." (setq window (or window (selected-window)) frame (or frame (selected-frame))) (if (not (eq (window-frame window) frame)) (error "Window must be on frame.")) (let ((current-frame (selected-frame)) list) (unwind-protect (save-window-excursion (select-frame frame) (walk-windows (function (lambda (cur-window) (if (not (eq window cur-window)) (setq list (cons cur-window list))))) minibuf) (setq list (cons window list))) (select-frame current-frame))))) This should be (IMHO): (defun window-list (&optional frame minibuf window) "Return a list of windows on FRAME, beginning with WINDOW. FRAME and WINDOW default to the selected ones. Optional second arg MINIBUF t means count the minibuffer window even if not active. If MINIBUF is neither t nor nil it means not to count the minibuffer even if it is active." (setq window (or window (selected-window)) frame (or frame (selected-frame))) (if (not (eq (window-frame window) frame)) (error "Window must be on frame.")) (let ((current-frame (selected-frame)) list) (unwind-protect (save-window-excursion (select-frame frame) (walk-windows (function (lambda (cur-window) (if (not (eq window cur-window)) (setq list (cons cur-window list))))) minibuf) ;; This is needed to get the right windows-order, i.e. the same ;; order of windows than `walk-windows' walks through! (setq list (nreverse list)) (setq list (cons window list))) (select-frame current-frame))))) Ciao, Klaus