GNU bug report logs - #12854
24.2.50; `display-buffer-alist': conditions are not handled as documented

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: 12854 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12854: 24.2.50;
	`display-buffer-alist': conditions are not handled as documented
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:42:29 +0100

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

> Hi,
>
> The doc says:
>
> > display-buffer-alist is a variable defined in `window.el'.
> > [...]
> > 
> > Alist of conditional actions for `display-buffer'.
> > This is a list of elements (CONDITION . ACTION), where:
> > 
> >  CONDITION is either a regexp matching buffer names, or a function
> >   that takes a buffer and returns a boolean.

And please, also add to the docstring that the CONDITIONS are tried one
after another until one is fulfilled, and that all other entries are
ignored, or something like that.  Just for completeness.


Thanks,

Michael.
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