GNU bug report logs - #19012
25.0.50; `help-window-select'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:43:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.0.50

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

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 19012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19012: 25.0.50; `help-window-select'
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:49:30 -0500

> Clearly you just want to be snarky and not read what I wrote,
> which is that **when `display-buffer' uses
> `special-display-function'** there is no such restriction.

Of course special-display-function can do whatever it wants, but if it
doesn't follow the behavior described by display-buffer's docstring, it
may break some callers.


        Stefan
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