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prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEZNfpPhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdACBEmr+0xwIIHZfIDlZmm7sa+lHHSb0g9FZrN6qE6ru60JUJq w7ZybiBCaWRhciA8Ympvcm4uYmlkYXJAdGhhb2Rhbi5kZT6IlgQTFgoAPgIbAwULCQgHAgIiAgYV CgkICwIEFgIDAQIeBwIXgBYhBFHxdut1RzAepymoq1wbdKFlHF9oBQJk1/YmAhkBAAoJEFwbdKFl HF9oB9cBAJoIIGQKXm4cpap+Flxc/EGnYl0123lcEyzuduqvlDT0AQC3OlFKm/OiqJ8IMTrzJRZ8 phFssTkSrrFXnM2jm5PYDoiTBBMWCgA7FiEEUfF263VHMB6nKairXBt0oWUcX2gFAmTX6T4CGwMF CwkIBwICIgIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgcCF4AACgkQXBt0oWUcX2hbCQEAtru7kvM8hi8zo6z9ux2h K+B5xViKuo7Z8K3IXuK5ugwA+wUfKzomzdBPhfxDsqLcEziGRxoyx0Q3ld9aermBUccHtBxCasO2 cm4gQmlkYXIgPG1lQHRoYW9kYW4uZGU+iJMEExYKADsCGwMFCwkIBwICIgIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwEC HgcCF4AWIQRR8XbrdUcwHqcpqKtcG3ShZRxfaAUCZNf2FQAKCRBcG3ShZRxfaCzSAP4hZ7cSp0YN XYpcjHdsySh2MuBhhoPeLGXs+2kSiqBiOwD/TP8AgPEg/R+SI9GI9on7fBJJ0mp2IT8kZ2rhDOjg gA6IkwQTFgoAOxYhBFHxdut1RzAepymoq1wbdKFlH X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:290582 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:41 +0300 >> From: Bj=C3=B6rn Bidar via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, >> the Swiss army knife of text editors" >>=20 >> When calling Info directly it's possible to enforce to e.g. open info in >> another window. >> However when using functions such as info-display-manual this approach >> doesn't work. >> It would be better if info-pop-to-buffer generally would respect >> display-buffer unless other-window is t. >>=20 >> The easiest option would be to remove the display-buffer-same-window >> flag however I don't how important it would be to keep the old >> behavior. >> Should info respect display-buffer-alist or is there a reason it shouldn= 't? > > I'd like to ask the opposite: are there any reasons to change the > current behavior? This command existed for quite some time, and no > one has complained about its behavior so far. Consistency by itself > is not a reason good enough to make such changes, so are there other > reasons? > The behaviour on how and where info is opened is not customizable as opposed to for example the help or man where dispaly-buffer-alist is respected. While it wouldn't help existing users I think would help newer users. For my own personal use the issue is that I don't like when info doesn't open in a new window so that I don't have open a frame/window to keep looking at the existing thing I was doing at that time e.g. programming.