More control over Desktop switching?

There are some Desktop switching behaviors that I find to be inconvenient and annoying under Lion, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of any workarounds.
I open applications in various desktops in order to organize my work. For example, when I am working on a remote web site, I might have a browser window and Terminal window running ssh running in one Desktop. At the same time, I might have another Terminal windows and an Emacs window open in another Desktop when I'm working on and testing shell scripts that run on my Mac. I might have other Terminal, Emacs, and browser windows open in other Desktops for other purposes, at the same time. When I switch from one task to another, all I need to do is use Mission Control to switch desktops.
However, if I happen to be working in a given Desktop and I close one of my windows -- say, for example, one of my Emacs windows -- I am sometimes switched to another Desktop with all of the windows that I have open that are associated with a different task. This is annoying, to say the least. This also happens sometimes if I empty my Trash, and also under other similar situations.
Yes, I know I can prevent all automatic Desktop switching by un-checking System Preferences->Mission Control->When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application. However, if I do this, then I can't switch to an open application any more via the Command-Tab application list or by clicking on an open application's icon in the Dock.
In other words, the System Preferences->Mission Control->When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application option is far too overbearing. It's all-or-nothing, and it reminds me of using a sledge-hammer when a scalpel is needed.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to select the following optional behavior: no automatic switching of Desktops, but if I manually select a running app via the Command-Tab list or the Dock, I will then be switched to that application's Desktop. In other words, the OS will not switch Desktops if I close a window, but it will switch to an app's Desktop if I explicitly select that app manually.
This is not some sort of bizarre, far-fetched behavior. Many of the desktop managers that run under Windows and under X-Windows do indeed provide this functionality. And it fits ergonomically and logically into many people's work patterns.
So do any of you know how this capability could be enabled under Mission Control in Lion?
Thanks in advance.
PS to the admins of this web site: could you add 10.7.1 to the list of products we can choose from in our profiles? Thanks!

This was driving me crazy and went throught the whole When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application thing. I fixed it by right-clicking on the Finder icon in the dock, choosing Options, and assigning it to All Desktops.

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