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#69983
Use category for display-buffer-alist
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Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 17:22:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Fixed in version 30.0.50
Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #89 received at 69983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
>> > More importantly, if we want to let programs and users control where
>> > the warnings are displayed, I'd rather we introduced a new,
>> > warning.el-specific option. Up front, there's no reason for anyone to
>> > assume that display-buffer-alist will have _any_ effect on
>> > display-warning, because we don't document that display-warning uses
>> > display-buffer. So we could one day decide to implement the display
>> > of the warnings in an entirely different fashion, and then no
>> > customizations of display-buffer-alist will be able to affect the
>> > display. In fact, in some situations we already display the warning
>> > other than via display-buffer.
>>
>> These are just excuses to not make life easier for users of
>> horizontally split windows.
>
> I don't see how a warning-specific option could be an "excuse". It
> can solve the problem you attempt to solve as well as what you
> propose.
There is already the option display-buffer-alist.
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