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: Sun, 23 May 2010 02:50:36 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87sk5jxytf.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <4jwrv35d7a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878w7fa7cr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BF504B4.50408@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274576251 30053 80.91.229.12 (23 May 2010 00:57:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:57:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6204@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 23 02:57:30 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 1OFzVR-0004Gv-Nq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 02:57:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55559 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFzVQ-0005DR-R8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33902 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFzVF-0005A7-0C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFzVA-0006DR-7f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:16 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37125) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFzV9-0006DM-UZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFzEZ-0001Cz-Iw; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:40:03 -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: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:40:03 +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=B6204.12745751474617 (code B ref 6204); Sun, 23 May 2010 00:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6204) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2010 00:39:07 +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 1OFzDe-0001CN-Ql for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out1.starman.ee ([85.253.0.3] helo=mx1.starman.ee) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFzDa-0001Bd-Kg for 6204@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:39:04 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.32.67.cable.starman.ee [82.131.32.67]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD973F40F5; Sun, 23 May 2010 03:38:56 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: <4BF504B4.50408@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Thu, 20 May 2010 11:45:24 +0200") 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: Sat, 22 May 2010 20:40:03 -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:37186 Archived-At: > largest ...... largest window > lru .......... least recently used window > selected ..... frame's selected window > root ......... frame's root window [...] > --------------------------------------------------------------- > The intended use is that an application calling `display-buffer' > or `pop-to-buffer' could bind this as > > (let ((pop-up-windows > (if (eq pop-up-windows t) > application-dependent-value > pop-up-windows))) > > that is, the default value can be overridden by the application, > user customizations are respected. User customizations are respected here, but limited. How the user is supposed to customize this behavior on a per-application basis? E.g. how to customize it to display "*vc-dir*" in another window, but "*vc-diff*" in the same window? 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))) -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/