Re: master 432c1aa: Use `pop-to-buffer-same-window' in `project-eshell'

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 20.03.2021 21:29, Theodor Thornhill wrote:

> Too often i feel emacs places buffers or windows in seemingly arbitrary places, 
> destroying my window setup. To circumvent this, my default display-buffer 
> behavior is to always reuse same window. If we make more and more parts of 
> emacs decide this on their own, I have to add more and more edge cases to make 
> emacs behave.

That seems to be common practice among advanced users.

I generally rely on the default behavior in this case except for a few 
commands. As far as Emacs windowing woes go, I often get bit by windows 
being resized improperly after quit-window.

> > > Should we force one behavior over another?
> >
> > FWIW, my (moderate) preference is Eshell's behavior because it's also 
> > consistent with IELM or Dired. And I use it more.
>
> Yeah, Im inclined to agree, though I dont think we should force it.

So... use pop-to-buffer-same-window in both cases, then?

It should obey display-buffer-alist anyway, so the user can still 
override it, as long as they know how.