GNU bug report logs - #67249
30.0.50; `same-frame` equivalent for `display-buffer-alist`

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Message #95 received at 67249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "rudalics <at> gmx.at" <rudalics <at> gmx.at>,
 "monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 "67249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <67249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#67249: 30.0.50; `same-frame` equivalent for
 `display-buffer-alist`
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:46:53 +0000

> > +** New 'pop-up-frames' action alist entry for 'display-buffer'.
> > +This has the same effect as the variable of the same name and takes
> >                                  ^^^^^^^^
> > +precedence over the variable when present.
> >
> > Please don't do that.  This is a user option,
> > _not_ just a variable.  (And yes, it should
> > continue to be supported, forever, regardless
> > of the fact that it's been "deprecated".)
> >
> > `display-buffer' shouldn't override the user's
> > choice for the behavior.
> 
> There's nothing wrong with having parameters and user options by the
> same name that affect the same functionality, but indeed usually the
> user option overrides the parameter, not the other way around.  See,
> for example, the cursor-type option and frame parameter.

Exactly.

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