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25.0.50; [PATCH] Allow M-x man to reuse an existing window

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From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>,
 martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, cyd <at> stupidchicken.com
Cc: "21649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <21649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: 25.0.50; [PATCH] Allow M-x man to reuse an existing window
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:19:57 -0400

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Based on
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/?qt=grep&q=display-buffer-alist

copying Martin Rudalics and Chong Yidong for their comments.


--
Kaushal Modi

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>
wrote:

> Hello Kaushal,
>
> Thanks for the pointers.
>
> What I mean is that customizing display-buffer-alist is not very
> user-friendly even though I know how to use it. It is also not
> mentionned in (info "(emacs) Window Choice"). OTOH it is a defcustom, so
> I have mixed feelings about this variable.
>
> Anyway, a possible way to achieve the effect I asked for is to add a
> suitable entry in display-buffer-alist, but it requires writing an elisp
> function (the predefined ones don't fit the bill). I'll be happy to
> provide such a function if that is the preferred route.
>
> Nicolas.
>

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