GNU bug report logs - #35592
Use display-buffer-in-direction for completion-like windows

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Message #14 received at 35592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 35592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35592: Use display-buffer-in-direction for completion-like
 windows
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 11:09:50 +0200

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> Only a small plea: could you please add an alias ‘(direction . bottom)’
> as a shorthand for ‘(direction . below) (window . main)’
>
> Similarly:
> top = (direction . above) (window . main)
> bottom = (direction . below) (window . main)
> leftmost = (direction . left) (window . main)
> rightmost = (direction . right) (window . main)

Patch attached.  But notice that these semantically clash with what you
earlier wanted for 'split-window':

		    ((eq side 'above) 'top)
		    ((eq side 'below) 'bottom)
		
martin

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