GNU bug report logs - #32825
27.0.50; Deterministic window management

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:15:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 29.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 32825 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32825: 27.0.50; Deterministic window management
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 23:56:06 +0200

>> If I understand correctly the purpose of your function, maybe a better
>> name would be display-buffer-try?  Or if it also checks some predefined
>> values, then maybe display-buffer-assert?
>
> We already have 'display-buffer-try', we call it 'display-buffer'.
> This one would then be better called 'display-buffer-try-and-revert'
> or maybe 'display-buffer-invisibly'.

This resembles more with-like functions such as with-selected-frame
and with-selected-window.  Maybe then call it with-display-buffer
or with-displayed-buffer.
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