GNU bug report logs - #7368
display-buffer may not respect pop-up-frames value

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andrey Paramonov <cmr.aparamon <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:55:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.2

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 7368 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Андрей Парамонов
	<cmr.pent <at> gmail.com>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 7368 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7368: Testcase
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:42:48 -0500

> In principle, in this very awkward situation display-buffer has 3 options:

> 1) To display buffer in selected window -- but not-in-this-window=t.

> 2) To display buffer in a new frame -- but pop-up-frames says we
> *never* make a separate frame.

> 3) To display buffer in place of completions window -- but that window
> is "dedicated".

It's actually soft-dedicated (i.e. dedicated but switch-to-buffer can
override it).

> To me option 3 seems the least unexpected.

Agreed.  Another option is to create a third window.


        Stefan
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