From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16767: 24.3.50; `C-x 5 b' for special-display buffers Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:04:38 +0200 Message-ID: <875yvce8ah.fsf@gnus.org> References: <530093D6.70002@gmx.at> <87sfyihx4q.fsf@gnus.org> <79c1e006-3871-ee08-dd3d-df7957f7343b@gmx.at> <2b306c6f-8c25-b8c2-0390-305e5c42036d@gmx.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29277"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 16767@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 07 17:21:47 2021 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 1mNcux-0007SN-1i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:21:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35830 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNcuw-00088G-1Q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:21:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39700) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNcel-0000TS-Qz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45746) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNcej-0004LE-SN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNcej-0006FN-Nj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:05:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16767 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 16767-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16767.163102709523992 (code B ref 16767); Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16767) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Sep 2021 15:04:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57291 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNcec-0006Eu-Rg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:04:55 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:48530) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNcea-0006Ea-GB for 16767@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:04:53 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=5lRLN+CZpuxETonBGzq8YDl3tsT7jEO851xccCVSxGY=; b=jLokC3SZnwRd1JJw5R65iUjQeK Hoh27BaitBjh4ckiapsW+KdoqC/ke7RUDRZH5r5OCwwYZcgF47FBddhyeCQ5JAKMHKOS3tPp9CA4x y3MvFgqMCHeOM2tBE7xsaPaaJuvKowPmOTWr1i4fMEv3JKwDPewXsNuLUNpWvnb0yQxc=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mNceR-0006z9-AD; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:04:45 +0200 In-Reply-To: <2b306c6f-8c25-b8c2-0390-305e5c42036d@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:15:12 +0200") 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:213698 Archived-At: martin rudalics writes: > C-x 5 b with `special-display-regexps' customized in a way that matches > the name of the buffer to switch to, behaves as advertised. In the case > at hand, it assumes that if *scratch* already appears in a window, > *scratch* has been "displayed specially" in that window and consequently > reuses that window as prescribed. Popping up a separate window or frame > for *scratch* would be wrong. Yes, I think that sounds correct to me. > Concluding: This is "not a bug" and all statements made in the original > report are based on a misunderstanding of the now obsolete concept of > the special display of buffers. It's probably about time to remove that > code from base. It was made obsolete in 24.3... how far have we gotten in removing obsolete things now? 23.x? So perhaps we should start removing 24.x things in the Emacs 29 cycle. Anyway, since this seems like it's working as designed, I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no