GNU bug report logs - #15732
24.3.50; display-buffer-pop-up-frame working poorly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:32:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 15732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 15732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15732: 24.3.50; display-buffer-pop-up-frame working poorly
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:32:31 +0100

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

> > `display-buffer-pop-up-frame' always returns nil, although the doc says
> > it would return the window of the newly created frame.  E.g. just
> > evaluate from emacs -Q
> >
> >   (display-buffer-pop-up-frame "*Messages*" ())
> >
> >   => nil
>
> `display-buffer-pop-up-frame' expects a buffer as first argument and not
> a buffer name.  And `window--display-buffer' returns nil if the BUFFER
> argument is not a live buffer.  So this is the intended behavior.

Oh, I see, that makes sense, thank you.  I'll close this report.


Regards,

Michael.
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