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Use display-buffer-in-direction for completion-like windows

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 35592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35592: Use display-buffer-in-direction for completion-like windows
Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 22:50:41 +0300

>>> But notice that these semantically clash with what you
>>> earlier wanted for 'split-window':
>>>
>>> 		    ((eq side 'above) 'top)
>>> 		    ((eq side 'below) 'bottom)
>>
>> I remember that recently you added these aliases:
>>
>>    up -> above
>>    down -> below
>>
>> that fits well into this scheme.
>>
>> But I don't know about
>>
>>    above -> top
>>    below -> bottom
>>
>> These are some earlier additions.  Is there a problem with these aliases?
>
> I misremembered things.  They affect side windows only.  But how about
> using 'topmost' and 'bottommost' instead of 'top' and 'bottom'?  These
> would fit more nicely into the 'leftmost' and 'rightmost' scheme.

'bottommost' is too ugly word ;)

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