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

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Message #38 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Björn Bidar via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss
 army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 72769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#72769: 31.0.50; info-pop-to-buffer should respect
 display-buffer-alist
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:48:06 +0300

>> Selected window shows code that I want to keep looking at: I invoke
>>   C-x 4 4 C-h R
>> to start browsing the manual of interest, keeping the code visible.
>
> 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.

Please show your display-buffer-alist configuration where
Info doesn't follow the display-buffer-alist rules.
I see that 'C-h R' follows these rules in e.g.:

  (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
               '("\\*info\\*"
                 display-buffer-pop-up-window))

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