GNU bug report logs - #19632
24.4; display-buffer-at-bottom

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:41:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>, 19632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19632: 24.4; display-buffer-at-bottom
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:02:23 +0100

> Eval the following twice:
>
>     (display-buffer (get-buffer-create "abc") '(display-buffer-at-bottom))
>
> Should see two windows showing buffer "abc". Is this a bug or feature?
>
> My expectation is display-buffer should do nothing if the buffer is
> displayed already.

It behaves that way in Emacs 25.1.  The Emacs 24.5 behavior relies on
the caller to explicitly ask for reusing an existing window.

martin
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