GNU bug report logs - #13594
24.2.92; [PATCH] compilation-start doesn't consider nil OUTWIN

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.2.92

Done: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13594: Planning Emacs-24.4
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 19:16:46 +0800

On 2013-11-18 18:46 +0800, martin rudalics wrote:
> Why didn't you implement the may-fail part?  IIUC `display-buffer'
> should *not* return nil unless may-fail has been set.  So if may-fail is
> not set, `display-buffer' should either create a new window, a new
> frame, or reuse some window at any cost.
>
> And there's no use for `display-buffer' returning t.
>
> martin

t was just a value to stop display-buffer searching down the action
list. this seems enough to manage display-buffer via
display-buffer-alist or the like.

But I'll wait for Stefan to explain what his intention is.

Leo
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