From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6204: vc-dir always splits the frame Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 14:13:34 +0200 Message-ID: <4BF91BEE.6030800@gmx.at> References: <4jwrv35d7a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878w7fa7cr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BF504B4.50408@gmx.at> <87sk5jxytf.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274617646 23108 80.91.229.12 (23 May 2010 12:27:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 12:27:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6204@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 23 14:27:25 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGAH6-0005mZ-J0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 14:27:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46653 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGAH5-00031c-Px for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 08:27:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59822 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGAGv-0002vO-UY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 08:27:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGAGs-0004NG-M0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 08:27:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57961) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGAGs-0004NB-K5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 08:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGA4A-0006b7-Ag; Sun, 23 May 2010 08:14:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 12:14:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6204 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6204-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6204.127461682425344 (code B ref 6204); Sun, 23 May 2010 12:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6204) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2010 12:13:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGA3s-0006aj-Lc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 08:13:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGA3q-0006ae-Ig for 6204@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 08:13:43 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 May 2010 12:13:35 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-45-2.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.45.2]) [62.47.45.2] by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 23 May 2010 14:13:35 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19bUtwW2mtbcjWSZD4+zdgkjzwmz7k34a8uLrA97F 1DKIZqyoY0DwPl User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87sk5jxytf.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 08:14:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:37197 Archived-At: > E.g. how to customize it to display "*vc-dir*" in another window, > but "*vc-diff*" in the same window? The "same window" case is already handled by the "same-window-.." option which prevails. > It seems `special-display-buffer-names' is what we need. > It could support all values you mentioned above > on a per-application basis like: > > (("*buffer name*" (window . largest))) > (("*buffer name*" (window . lru))) > (("*buffer name*" (window . selected))) > (("*buffer name*" (window . root))) For the expert user all these can go to `special-display-function'. What I had in mind is the average user who doesn't know about buffer names or building regexps for them but cares sufficiently enough for whether and where popup windows should be shown. martin