Subject: Re: bug#46034: Feature request: add variable for automatically selecting the apropos window

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:04:23 +0100

> I don't know why there is this too specific option 'help-window-select'.

It was added a couple of years before 'display-buffer-alist' was invented.

 > It seems there are many other windows that needs to be customized
 > to select them.  Wouldn't it be more general solution to use
 > display-buffer-alist, maybe with something like:
 >
 > (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*Help\\*" nil (post-display . select-window)))

I'd prefer

(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*Help\\*" nil (select-window . t)))

but might change my mind as soon as you tell us what other values for
post-display you have in mind.

martin