GNU bug report logs - #46034
Feature request: add variable for automatically selecting the apropos window

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: SB <progscriptclone <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:31:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #11 received at 46034 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, SB <progscriptclone <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 46034 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46034: Feature request: add variable for automatically
 selecting the apropos window
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
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 24 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.