GNU bug report logs - #1806
dired-pop-to-buffer in wrong place

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:40:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #165 received at 1806 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 1806 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1806: dired-pop-to-buffer in wrong place
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:28:14 +0200

>> Maybe we
>> should have a special function to display a buffer above the minibuffer
>> (e.g. `pop-to-buffer-above-minibuffer')?
>
> But when you have vertically-split windows and the *dired* buffer
> appears on top of the frame, there may be another window between the
> *dired* window and the *Marked files* window.

The list of files closer to the minibuffer is better than closer to the
dired buffer because the minibuffer is the place that the user looks at
while typing command's arguments for these files.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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