GNU bug report logs - #10785
24.0.93; Doc of display-buffer doesn't explain alists

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:05:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.93

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de
Cc: 10785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10785: 24.0.93; Doc of display-buffer doesn't explain alists
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:12:04 +0800

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> the docstring of `display-buffer' mentions certain "alists" in several
> places, but doesn't say at all how they must look like and what an
> effect they have.

They are arbitrary association lists, and their effect is left up to the
function arguments.  I tweaked the docstring to clarify this.
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