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: Sat, 22 May 2010 20:52:05 -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> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274576253 30056 80.91.229.12 (23 May 2010 00:57:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:57:33 +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 02:57:32 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 1OFzVT-0004IE-Nh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 02:57:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55566 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFzVT-0005Dh-41 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33896 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFzVE-00059W-Ac 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 1OFzVB-0006EA-Ji for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:16 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37132) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFzVB-0006E6-Hu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFzR7-0001Ir-PC; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:53:01 -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: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:53:01 +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=B6204.12745759334992 (code B ref 6204); Sun, 23 May 2010 00:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6204) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2010 00:52:13 +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 1OFzQJ-0001IT-W6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:52:12 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFzQI-0001IJ-4k for 6204@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:52:10 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAJYY+EtFpZMM/2dsb2JhbACeD3K8T4UTBIw/ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,284,1272859200"; d="scan'208";a="64854275" Original-Received: from 69-165-147-12.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.147.12]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 22 May 2010 20:52:05 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8AB1D8175; Sat, 22 May 2010 20:52:05 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4BF79ABA.7080006@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Sat, 22 May 2010 10:50:02 +0200") 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: Sat, 22 May 2010 20:53:01 -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:37187 Archived-At: >> If the buffer names are sufficiently regular and unique, >> special-display-regexps can already provide the needed >> customizability without any need for a new option. > What about cases where buffer names are not regular and unique? Don't know: where are they? > Also, I'm afraid we currently ignore the fact that most users are simple > not prepared to invest their time in studying the semantics of an option > like `special-display-regexps'. The Custom :type could be improved to make it easier to specify common parameters, indeed. > Finally, this and `special-display-buffer-names' are user options and we > again have the problem that an application binding that (or, worse, > permanently adding its buffer names to it) may conflict with users > expectations (or, worse, getting her the CHANGED outside Customize > annyoances). No elisp code should touch it. It's exclusively for user-customizations. Applications should pass special args to pop-to-buffer/display-buffer instead to specify its favorite default behavior. Stefan