GNU bug report logs - #72769
31.0.50; info-pop-to-buffer should respect display-buffer-alist

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Message #35 received at 72769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: 72769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#72769: 31.0.50; info-pop-to-buffer should respect
 display-buffer-alist
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:53:45 +0300

> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  72769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:11:50 +0300
> 
> Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > FWIW I am happy with the C-x 4 [14] status quo, but it makes sense to me
> > that some folks would have "info usage patterns" similar to mine, while
> > preferring to use display-buffer-alist rules.
> 
> I have exactly the same workflow in the situation you describe.
> I also create a separate frame each time I open new manual, but if
> info would follow the display-buffer-alist rules I wouldn't have to do
> that my self and the frame would be closed when I close the manual.

There's no mandatory rule in Emacs that each command should follow the
display-buffer-alist protocol.

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