Re: customize-*-other-window cmds don't respect special-display* values

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:03:00 -0800
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
>         All of the customize commands work correctly, except for
>         the *-other-window
>         commands. The *-other-window commands do not respect
>         special-display-regexps, so I don't get the proper frame,
>         as defined by special-display-frame-alist.
> 
>     The purpose of ...-other-window commands is to display a certain
>     buffer in a particular way.  That overrides other less specific
>     instructions about how to display the buffer.
> 
> What in the name "-other-window" indicates that the particular way the
> function displays the buffer should override those particular settings? What
> are the particular instructions included in the "other-window" name/license.

The ``other window'' part?  It means that the buffer will be displayed
in the window that we call in Emacs ``the other window''.  Since the
window to display is thus fixed, special-display-regexps and its ilk
cannot be applied, because they would change the window where the
buffer will be displayed.

Does that make sense?