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 15:58:51 +0100 Message-ID: <87tw6h9zdg.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de> References: <87o9wq6c31.fsf@wi.uni-muenster.de> <1a350894-ae16-4706-888f-6575cdc559ec@default> <878tnt6bdi.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de> <83shm1bvud.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490454024 18879 195.159.176.226 (25 Mar 2017 15:00:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:00:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 26233@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 25 16:00:20 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 1crnAm-0003Zu-PT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 16:00:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37624 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crnAs-0005WJ-Mj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:00:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38486) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crnAn-0005U8-1B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:00:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crnAh-0004Gc-Gh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:00:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46248) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crnAh-0004GY-D3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:00:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crnAh-00037g-3z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:00:03 -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 15:00:03 +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=B26233.149045394611916 (code B ref 26233); Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:00:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26233) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2017 14:59:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44447 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crn9m-000367-0S for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 10:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.212]:42927) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crn9k-00035B-00 for 26233@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 10:59:04 -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 A3C704554C; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:58:57 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Original-Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter02.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter02.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.116]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id lAUmiY1f6lJE; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:58:53 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <83shm1bvud.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:32:10 +0300") 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:130930 Archived-At: On 2017-03-25, at 11:32, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Jens Lechtenboerger >> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 08:53:13 +0100 >> Cc: 26233@debbugs.gnu.org >> >> On 2017-03-24, at 07:51, Drew Adams 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. >> > >> > FWIW: >> > >> > 1. I *strongly* object to the deprecation of these user >> > options. >> > [...] >> >> I agree wholeheartedly. > > Those variables were obsoleted in Emacs 24.3, which was released 4 > years ago. Isn't it too late to strongly object now to their > deprecation? That ship sailed long ago. I see it this way: The departure of that ship was announced long ago, for those knowing where to look; however, it did not sail yet. I've got several settings for special-display variables in my init file (predating 24.3, I don't know since when). They still work today, and they work without any user visible warning. Best wishes Jens