GNU bug report logs - #12166
24.1.50; display-buffer documentation should mention display-buffer-function

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Message #13 received at 12166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 12166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>
Subject: Re: bug#12166: 24.1.50;
	display-buffer documentation should mention display-buffer-function
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:53:38 +0800

martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:

>> The documentation of display-buffer in the elisp guide does not mention
>> display-buffer-function.  It should probably mention that if
>> display-buffer-function is non-nil, display-buffer will use that
>> function in order to display the buffer, and will not fall back to any
>> of the various possible display actions.
>
> `display-buffer-function' will be declared obsolete in the near future.
> I suppose that's the reason why it is no more mentioned in the Elisp
> manual (you can read about it in the Elisp manual for Emacs 23).

I just marked it obsolete.

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