From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#72769: 31.0.50; info-pop-to-buffer should respect display-buffer-alist Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:32:52 +0300 Message-ID: <868qwnqv0r.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86ikvrraig.fsf@gnu.org> <8734mvd7fv.fsf@> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16798"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 72769@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Bidar Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 23 14:35:07 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1shTVT-0004DE-0H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:35:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1shTUq-000418-BF; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1shTUf-0003yM-Qm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:19 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1shTUd-0001MD-Pd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=debbugs.gnu.org; s=debbugs-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:To:Subject; bh=mapEs22c98lWGldlaJx3cmE5CQc9Q8kb5XtX1zavUJQ=; b=iD8VA/Ar1YeNPl3vCsp4B56zLmcf3vazuvyY4F+kCc7OgVXkKxQ/+bN9l9Wsw+KwRx80XGySEwTVSnvUDy9mxV5lQgfWPKZUloR/Ny1WN8zwDHHsgkHR2V6G/8bsXDxgcFeywqLyg1DTp1kBSLZAwFNXROx+ESMOqUn5JSyCQbflQCTYrylJQNVgsXC+sePGlIkJWrTOW0Sbra/tCzi+hKCeQRydq737iYi6KkGDtoK44dMWNpwYCuc0E971kmZPjuYWh5psxfS1B+6P+e/vNx++lMSwBEeuY0EvNLPzi9SU7Zoa/wlKJ3s41UbyBZEP8jkc5vWbbdsuNULj99ML1w==; Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1shTVO-0006nY-FW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:35:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:35:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 72769 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 72769-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B72769.172441644826023 (code B ref 72769); Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:35:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 72769) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Aug 2024 12:34:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39135 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1shTUV-0006lf-S7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46586) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1shTUT-0006l8-OD for 72769@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1shTTc-0001GG-OK; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:33:12 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=mapEs22c98lWGldlaJx3cmE5CQc9Q8kb5XtX1zavUJQ=; b=RCIptRCf3XCXFeF5/fo+ Ik+epV/FeZzG9VNkg3e0UG2mTVo4eXkRNlijn91v4E11vLDTBXH4u6JQ+ycH2yxvuWSRbpnDrCcX1 CFwM/fPI4w5WROE2lAFVyykSIOLXwsuJDfMuckXKwQyBa6rz1ZiAG3r2NEy4eIrSUl8xSVY0zaRB0 4r2sC+FXwkHDqSWa8VfJkDCZAzhFFmtZ0f+8722W+kwEwFFW50r6sTmYM7dt6ea6rUC6Q97pzcA3L NfbAQ0K3QM9QpQybzfdbQNji88Wv3W7mM0J8B6uKI39Ww+/oC4gog6twXh9NILBZb1HuNFGopF9GC E3RuMVJADDyxXg==; In-Reply-To: <8734mvd7fv.fsf@> (message from =?UTF-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Bidar on Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:28:20 +0300) 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:290591 Archived-At: > From: Björn Bidar > Cc: 72769@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:28:20 +0300 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > 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. But the main command to show Info manuals is not info-display-manual, it's "M-x info". > 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. The question is why do you need/want that when you invoke this particular command? For that matter, under what circumstances do you invoke this command to begin with?