GNU bug report logs - #33103
25.2; tar-extract should support other-window and view simultaneously

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Bremner <david <at> tethera.net>

Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.2

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: David Bremner <david <at> tethera.net>
Cc: 33103 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33103: 25.2; tar-extract should support other-window and view simultaneously
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:46:36 +0200

David Bremner <david <at> tethera.net> writes:

> in deb-view.el in Debian, I just patched in the following hack
>
>         (progn
>           (tar-extract-other-window)
>           (view-buffer (current-buffer) 'kill-buffer-if-not-modified))
>
> It seems to work, but I'd be much happier to something like
>
> (tar-extract 'view 'other-window)

I think the accepted method these days to determine how and when buffers
(and frames) are popped up/switched to is to use the display-buffer
machinery, so I'm closing this bug report.

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