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>

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de
Cc: 15732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15732: 24.3.50; display-buffer-pop-up-frame working poorly
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 17:46:35 +0100

> `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.

martin
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