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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:28:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.1.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 12166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>
Cc: 12166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12166: 24.1.50;	display-buffer documentation should mention
	display-buffer-function
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:33:55 +0200

> 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).

Martin
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