GNU bug report logs - #52688
29.0.50; term / use display-buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: dal-blazej <at> onenetbeyond.org

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:56:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: dal-blazej <at> onenetbeyond.org
Cc: 52688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52688: 29.0.50; term / use display-buffer
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:48:20 +0100

dal-blazej <at> onenetbeyond.org writes:

> The function 'term' use actually 'switch-to-buffer'. I think it's better
> to let users decide where the window will appear with
> 'display-buffer-alist' or 'display-buffer-base-action', and so, to use
> 'display-buffer'.

[...]

> -  (switch-to-buffer "*terminal*"))
> +  (display-buffer "*terminal*"))

This would change the behaviour considerably from the current one, so I
don't think this would fly.  But we could use
`pop-to-buffer-same-window', I guess?

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