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Re: Window configurations
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Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: Window configurations |
Date: |
Mon, 31 May 2010 23:19:29 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> (1) All calls to `other-buffer' for determining which buffer to show in
>> a window have the second argument nil. So if a buffer is already shown
>> in another window it's against some unwritten rule to show it in the
>> window in question again. If I follow that rule, then working with two
>> windows showing the same buffer remains just as tedious as it is now.
>
> Yes, the window handling code currently considers that the most likely
> thing the user wants is to see a buffer that's not currently shown.
> [ I'm not sure if it's careful to distinguish "shown on the current
> terminal" from "shown in some other terminal, miles away from here",
> which it should. ]
> This seems like a good default rule, so if we/you want to not follow
> this rule in some cases, we should think about how we can tell which is
> the better choice in a given situation.
It's a good default rule for some cases like switching to another
buffer with e.g. `C-x b', for other cases (like killing a buffer
and finding another buffer to show in its place) a better rule
would be to not see if that buffer is currently shown.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- Re: Window configurations, (continued)
- Re: Window configurations, Juri Linkov, 2010/05/13
- Re: Window configurations, martin rudalics, 2010/05/14
- Re: Window configurations, Juri Linkov, 2010/05/16
- Re: Window configurations, martin rudalics, 2010/05/17
- Re: Window configurations, Juri Linkov, 2010/05/17
- Re: Window configurations, martin rudalics, 2010/05/18
- Re: Window configurations, martin rudalics, 2010/05/31
- Re: Window configurations, Stefan Monnier, 2010/05/31
- Re: Window configurations, Lennart Borgman, 2010/05/31
- Re: Window configurations, Juri Linkov, 2010/05/31
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Juri Linkov <=
- Re: Window configurations, Stefan Monnier, 2010/05/31
- Re: Window configurations, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/07
- Re: Window configurations, martin rudalics, 2010/05/08
- Re: Window configurations, Lennart Borgman, 2010/05/08
- Re: Window configurations, martin rudalics, 2010/05/09
- Re: Window configurations, Lennart Borgman, 2010/05/09
- Re: Window configurations, martin rudalics, 2010/05/09
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