GNU bug report logs - #20020
25.0.50; `info-display-manual' should reuse existing window where buffer is displayed

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

Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:17:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20020 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#20020: 25.0.50; `info-display-manual' should reuse existing window where buffer is displayed
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:07:30 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> If this is the change, then I think it should be an opt-in change.  We
> don't behave like that with any other buffers, why should Info buffers
> be an exception by default?

That's true.  Off the top of my head, I can't recall any other commands
that work this way, so it's odd for `info-display-manual' to do so.

Should I just revert the change?

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