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24.0.50; (elisp) Dedicated Windows

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Message #37 received at 6280 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 6280 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6280: 24.0.50; (elisp) Dedicated Windows
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:15:01 +0100

> There is NOTHING in the Emacs manual about dedicated windows,
> except for this mention in passing (in node `Minibuffer Edit'),
> which offers no explanation and has not even a cross reference
> to the Elisp manual for the topic:
>
>   When not active, the minibuffer is in `minibuffer-inactive-mode',
>   and clicking `Mouse-1' there shows the `*Messages*' buffer.  If
>   you use a dedicated frame for minibuffers, Emacs also recognizes
>   certain keys there, for example `n' to make a new frame.

I'm not sure what a dedicated frame is but IIUC it's not just a frame
containing a dedicated window.  Maybe it's a minibuffer-only frame?

>  And there is no mention of
> `special-display' buffers in (elisp) `Dedicated Windows'.

Maybe so because `special-display' buffers are not specified anywhere in
the Elisp manual.

martin

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