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30.0.92; `display-tex-shell-buffer' contains `(inhibit-same-window . t)'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 74457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, iota <at> whxvd.name
Subject: bug#74457: 30.0.92; `display-tex-shell-buffer' contains `(inhibit-same-window . t)'
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:23:22 +0200

> Cc: 74457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:33:03 +0200
> 
> >>> `display-tex-shell-buffer' (defined in `window') is marked obsolete with
> >>> the message "use a `(category . tex-shell)' condition in
> >>> `display-buffer-alist'."
> >>>
> >>> The default value of `display-tex-shell-buffer' contains
> >>> `(inhibit-same-window . t)'.  I feel that doing
> >>>
> >>>    (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
> >>>                 (cons t (cons #'display-buffer-same-window nil)))
> >>>
> >>> should have the desired effect of displaying a TeX shell buffer in the
> >>> same window (when compiling TeX files in latex-mode), without having to
> >>> alter the value of the obsolete variable `display-tex-shell-buffer'.
> >>> But `(inhibit-same-window . t)' in the default value prevents that from
> >>> happening.  Instead another frame is popped up or reused.
> >> You can override `inhibit-same-window' by the corresponding category:
> >>    (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
> >>                 '((category . tex-shell)
> >>                   (display-buffer-same-window)
> >>                   (inhibit-same-window . nil)))
> >
> > Thank you.  That works.
> 
> Ok, then I propose to update the example in
> (info "(elisp) Choosing Window")
> with customization above that uses 'add-to-list',
> and also demonstrates how to override alist entries
> like 'inhibit-same-window'.

Please do that on the emacs-30 branch, and thanks.

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