From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46034: Feature request: add variable for automatically selecting the apropos window Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:14:12 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <87tur4rcyz.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <87lfcjbmgj.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24186"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: 46034@debbugs.gnu.org, SB To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 25 21:15:39 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 1l48Gx-0006C4-O7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:15:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44420 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l48Gw-0007R8-Qm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:15:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54880) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l48GM-0007Qd-5I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:15:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l48GL-0000Hj-RC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:15:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l48GL-0008DR-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:15:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:15:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46034 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 46034-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46034.161160567931536 (code B ref 46034); Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:15:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46034) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Jan 2021 20:14:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40067 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l48Fz-0008CZ-D7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:14:39 -0500 Original-Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:51045) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l48Fx-0008CK-VE for 46034@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:14:38 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 91.129.98.64 Original-Received: from mail.gandi.net (m91-129-98-64.cust.tele2.ee [91.129.98.64]) (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 17E20FF807; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:14:30 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (martin rudalics's message of "Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:04:23 +0100") 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:198589 Archived-At: >> It seems there are many other windows that needs to be customized >> to select them. Wouldn't it be more general solution to use >> display-buffer-alist, maybe with something like: >> >> (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*Help\\*" nil (post-display . select-window))) > > I'd prefer > > (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*Help\\*" nil (select-window . t))) > > but might change my mind as soon as you tell us what other values for > post-display you have in mind. Maybe 'shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer' like in bug#45688 or maybe better to use an option like 'after-display-buffer-function', I'm not sure.