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Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications
From: |
martin rudalics |
Subject: |
Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:05:37 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) |
I still don't understand how this can DTRT:
(defun display-buffer (&optional buffer action)
"Display BUFFER in some window."
(let* ((user-action
(assq-regexp (buffer-name buffer) display-buffer-alist))
(functions (append (car display-buffer-overriding-action)
(car user-action)
(car action)
(car display-buffer-default-action)))
(alist (append (cdr display-buffer-overriding-action)
(cdr user-action)
(cdr action)
(cdr display-buffer-default-action))))
(run-with-args-until-success functions buffer alist)))
Suppose `display-buffer-overriding-action' specifies as action to reuse
a window and an alist element to use the lru window like
'(display-buffer-reuse-window . ((window . lru)))
and `user-action' specifies as action to reuse a window and as alist
element to use the largest window like
'(display-buffer-reuse-window . ((window . largest)))
If the lru window cannot be reused, `display-buffer' will nevertheless
try twice to use it and never try to use the largest window.
If `user-action' specifies
'(display-buffer-pop-up-window . ((window . largest)))
`display-buffer' will try to split the lru window. Shall these
behaviors be considered features or am I missing something?
martin
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, (continued)
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/13
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/13
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Juri Linkov, 2011/08/16
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/16
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Juri Linkov, 2011/08/17
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/18
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/13
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/12
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/13
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/13
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications,
martin rudalics <=
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/29
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/29
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/29
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/29
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Juri Linkov, 2011/08/29
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/30
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Chong Yidong, 2011/08/30
- RE: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Drew Adams, 2011/08/30
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Chong Yidong, 2011/08/30
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/08/31