GNU bug report logs - #26233
26.0.50; [PATCH] Improve documentation for display-buffer-alist

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten <at> wi.uni-muenster.de>

Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:26:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch, wontfix

Found in version 26.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 26233 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten <at> wi.uni-muenster.de>
Cc: 26233 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#26233: 26.0.50;
 [PATCH] Improve documentation for display-buffer-alist
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:32:10 +0300

> From: Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten <at> wi.uni-muenster.de>
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 08:53:13 +0100
> Cc: 26233 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 2017-03-24, at 07:51, Drew Adams wrote:
> 
> >> in Bug#25946 we discussed how to replace the obsolete variables
> >> special-display-buffer-names and special-display-regexps.  The
> >> attached patch extends the doc string of display-buffer-alist
> >> based on that discussion.
> >
> > FWIW:
> >
> > 1. I *strongly* object to the deprecation of these user
> > options.
> > [...]
> 
> I agree wholeheartedly.

Those variables were obsoleted in Emacs 24.3, which was released 4
years ago.  Isn't it too late to strongly object now to their
deprecation?  That ship sailed long ago.
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 333 days ago.

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