From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6204: vc-dir always splits the frame Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4jwrv35d7a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878w7fa7cr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BF504B4.50408@gmx.at> <4BF5736B.1030605@gmx.at> <4BF79ABA.7080006@gmx.at> <87ljbbv4u4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87y6fbqtq2.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BF91C54.4070608@gmx.at> <4BF97C5B.409@gmx.at> <4BFBEE76.7000003@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274808479 1274 80.91.229.12 (25 May 2010 17:27:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 17:27:59 +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 Tue May 25 19:27:56 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 1OGxv0-00054e-B9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 19:27:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35122 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGxux-00011M-Qp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:27:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58685 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGxuV-0000hC-H6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:27:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGxuT-0000d4-VE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:27:22 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56613) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGxuT-0000cz-To for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:27:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGxV0-0005wk-5n; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 17:01:02 +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=B6204.127480683222837 (code B ref 6204); Tue, 25 May 2010 17:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6204) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 May 2010 17:00:32 +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 1OGxUW-0005wI-08 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:32 -0400 Original-Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGxUU-0005wA-0V for 6204@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:30 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([96.21.101.38]) by VL-MH-MR003.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0L2Z00251J8OALF0@VL-MH-MR003.ip.videotron.ca> for 6204@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:25 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DE4FE660D3; Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:23 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: <4BFBEE76.7000003@gmx.at> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:01:02 -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:37267 Archived-At: >>> How would you proceed? >> 1- fix all the Emacs code that modifies those vars. > IMHO the only way to do that is to (1) provide a new set of variables > Elisp code _is_ allowed to change and (2) have `display-buffer' use > these iff the respective buffer has no corresponding entry in the > special-display-... options. Rather than let-binding some Lisp-manipulated "config" var, I was thinking of passing special parameters to display-buffer (I'd rather avoid dynamic scoping whenever possible). Other than that, yes that's the idea. > If I do that and a buffer is now in the (same-window . t) group of > `special-display-regexps', how should > `Buffer-menu-switch-other-window' proceed with that buffer? > Bind `special-display-regexps'? Call `switch-to-buffer-other-window'? > So far the special-display-... options had an excuse: If this variable > appears \"not to work\", ... You mean how could the calling code till display-buffer whether to "prefer unless overridden by the user's config" or to "obey regardless of the user's config"? I guess the special parameters passed to display-buffer would have to be different for the two different cases. Stefan