From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6204: vc-dir always splits the frame Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 00:31:00 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <878w7fa7cr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <4jwrv35d7a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274306468 9138 80.91.229.12 (19 May 2010 22:01:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 22:01:08 +0000 (UTC) To: 6204@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 20 00:01:06 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 1OErK5-00062x-34 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 May 2010 00:01:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33166 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OErK4-0007nv-A7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 18:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50161 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OErG8-0003vo-KI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 17:57:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OErG5-0002yF-Qb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 17:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42472) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OErG5-0002yB-Or for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 17:56:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OErED-0006cj-Qk; Wed, 19 May 2010 17:55:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 21:55:01 +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=B6204.127430606025452 (code B ref 6204); Wed, 19 May 2010 21:55:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6204) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 May 2010 21:54:20 +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 1OErDX-0006cR-Hi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 17:54:19 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out2.starman.ee ([85.253.0.4] helo=mx2.starman.ee) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OErDV-0006cK-HP for 6204@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 17:54:18 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx2.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.95.74.cable.starman.ee [82.131.95.74]) by mx2.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id A983B3F415B; Thu, 20 May 2010 00:54:10 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 18 May 2010 23:01:17 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 17:55:01 -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:37053 Archived-At: > I've given up trying to understand window management after > bug#1806 though. Yes, currently window management is a mess. For instance, for a long time I've had in .emacs: (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*vc-dir*") because I prefer buffers to appear in the same window. I also have a lot of such lines for other packages: (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Apropos*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Buffer List*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Colors*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Command History*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Diff*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Proced*") ... But I can't do the same for some other buffers, e.g. for the "*Locate*" buffer, because `locate' uses `switch-to-buffer-other-window' instead of `pop-to-buffer'. I don't know why. Now after let-binding `pop-up-windows' to nil around the `pop-to-buffer' call, what if someone might want to restore the old behavior. Is it possible for the user to add some setting in .emacs to split the frame and display *vc-dir* in another window? I don't know. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/