From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jens Lechtenboerger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26233: 26.0.50; [PATCH] Improve documentation for display-buffer-alist Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:00:02 +0100 Message-ID: <874lyh6b25.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de> References: <87o9wq6c31.fsf@wi.uni-muenster.de> <58D56B7A.2080909@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490428880 5963 195.159.176.226 (25 Mar 2017 08:01:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 08:01:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 26233@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 25 09:01:14 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crgdI-0008OX-3V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:01:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36309 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crgdK-0001L2-T2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:01:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34226) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crgdF-0001KG-Oo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:01:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crgdC-00021D-OY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:01:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44997) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crgdC-000216-LI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crgdC-0008BP-9w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jens Lechtenboerger Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 08:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26233 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 26233-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26233.149042881731398 (code B ref 26233); Sat, 25 Mar 2017 08:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26233) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2017 08:00:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43196 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crgcS-0008AM-NN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.212]:43925) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crgcR-0008A9-So for 26233@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [80.241.60.240]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EEED456BF; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:00:10 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Original-Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by hefe.heinlein-support.de (hefe.heinlein-support.de [91.198.250.172]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id Qn4dBaFxMLwG; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:00:03 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <58D56B7A.2080909@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:54:50 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:130915 Archived-At: On 2017-03-24, at 19:54, martin rudalics wrote: >> in Bug#25946 we discussed how to replace the obsolete variables >> special-display-buffer-names and special-display-regexps. The >> attached patch extends the doc string of display-buffer-alist based >> on that discussion. > > Thanks. Personally I'd prefer having that in the Elisp manual. Either > in a new subsection or at the end of section 27.14 Action Functions for > `display-buffer'? Code in doc-strings is sometimes tedious to read. I'm surprised. I consider that information relevant to ordinary users, not only developers. As pointed out by Drew Adams, probably a new section in the Emacs manual is necessary. Also, she convinced me that much more information is necessary, which I'm unable to provide. Best wishes Jens