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

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Package: emacs;

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: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 20020 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#20020: 25.0.50; `info-display-manual' should reuse existing window where buffer is displayed
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:26:43 +0200

> Or perhaps `pop-to-buffer-same-window', since the command uses
> `switch-to-window' presently?

If I'm not mistaken, this would prefer the selected window to a window
on another frame.  So probably use 'display-buffer-reuse-window' as
first choice and 'display-buffer-same-window' as second choice.  With
a suitable 'reusable-frames' and an 'inhibit-same-window' nil alist
entries.

martin
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