From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: managing windows in two frames Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:10:58 +0200 Message-ID: <522D8292.40800@gmx.at> References: <8561uiclrj.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <5225EF0F.1090109@gmx.at> <52260D12.4040002@gmx.at> <5226D26F.7090301@gmx.at> <52274BE9.1010504@gmx.at> <5229B427.9010303@gmx.at> <522A0D72.5060204@gmx.at> <522AF3D8.8010303@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1378714284 1453 80.91.229.3 (9 Sep 2013 08:11:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 08:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Leake , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 09 10:11:26 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VIwZB-0002tq-RO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:11:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49805 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIwZB-0003hM-Cl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:11:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55165) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIwZ1-0003fW-TO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:11:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIwYu-0006pD-Ji for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:11:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:59715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIwYu-0006p4-A4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:11:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.47.38.42] ([62.47.38.42]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0LgMCe-1VmYko2Ux2-00neX9 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:11:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Vkk46c4VkbWH2kL+U214XPNKnz1jyAPmif7LXa4U4n+Jb0qJUZm NhrEULcYqu85moNhQyOjM9Xb6JlQRy4QQKwyVOGBdCbMTFyuvrTbXNtBDxuG98fBVyhiEF3 Hz70U8JFFZK4hdB0Bnl9hD3s7XqNCW04eTlCMIyVvYo/2eNdMThk6DDDzFhZLH6kxr3O8GU jaS4MWUslT3NQ1oclYDsQ== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:163262 Archived-At: > Both needs exist: to work in older Emacsen, and to be "clean and > simple". I care more about the second one. So use `display-buffer-function' only where and when `display-buffer-overriding-action' is undefined. > I know, which is why with-inhibit-window-changes would probably not > really prevent changing windows; instead it would work hard to limit > window changes to those that can be fully reverted by > save-window-excursion. This might prove difficult when the selected frame is special (small, dedicated). martin