Subject: Re: bug#37998: 27.0.50; gnus RFE: gnus-other-tab a la gnus-other-frame

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:10:31 +0100

Juri Linkov <[email-masked]> writes:

> For example, I create a separate tab for each group and
> for the group buffer.  Using display-buffer-alist the
> rules could look like
>
>   ("\\`\\*Group\\*\\'" .
>    (display-buffer-in-tab
>     (name . "Gnus")))
>
>   ("\\`\\*Summary \\(.*\\)\\*\\'"
>    . (display-buffer-in-tab
>       (name . "Group \\1")))
>
> So e.g. the command `M-x gnus RET' will create the tab with the name
> "Gnus" automatically, or switch to the existing tab with the name "Gnus".
> Opening a summary from the group buffer will either create a new tab
> with the name deduced from the summary buffer name, or switch
> to the existing tab by name.

Yes, that makes more sense than adding a new separate command, so I'm
closing this bug report.  But perhaps an example like this should be
added to the manual?

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