GNU bug report logs - #32798
26; doc string of `pop-to-buffer-same-window' and similar

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

Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:45:01 UTC

Severity: minor

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 32798 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32798: 26; doc string of `pop-to-buffer-same-window' and similar
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 13:23:54 +0300
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:43:29 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> The doc string of `pop-to-buffer-same-window' doesn't describe the
> behavior well enough.  Similar problems exist with other doc strings
> that now, in essence, just send you down the rabbit holes of
> `display-buffer' and `display-buffer-alist'.

Since you have already read the relevant code and documentation, I
hope you could suggest how to improve the existing documentation of
pop-to-buffer-same-window.  Bonus points for providing a
ready-to-apply patch.

Thanks.




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