From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not? Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:58:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4D146881.5000504@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293186540 7116 80.91.229.12 (24 Dec 2010 10:29:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:29:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 24 11:28:56 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1PW4tM-0005Fq-9m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:28:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46715 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PW4tL-0005HV-5b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:28:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35764 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PW4iv-0008Id-3m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:18:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PW4QM-0003ZB-0p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:58:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:46916) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PW4QL-0003Yk-SJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: by eyh6 with SMTP id 6so461832eyh.0 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:58:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=sfKBMdgx8zyQWUQ+ePA6LpR9k5eLzb+4wq6tsC7KGYU=; b=PMHYu5LseIhwWhkojVKejU7Sz/ePTbmq/oUgXNUtW+cL1VHJ6xQJ+STBGF72G8XUxr LJpOL31bt9jr2NfI6fGGJ8Uj6f475/6N99zJzWzWIRRkm+AmyyjMwiPEJ/dRnGxyOaBQ dDn2wAzfu+D6e7ra3PUQjA5IvqyOsa8o2oEl8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=XE9bpIcBUCfobJ8+oQjRdZs3xA5XG4c3uUnr2iXi3rH4NsZ+5FQb+NNstoKNoY8z3m K/G5NCO9Z4V/HtQLyAFQ4epnd5FbIioYKko8S7nEn/vKZ3ilYTNkdIMy+JdUSIUPr/w8 eE+3NofuVY9NhXyCmMEAwooO1Pk3Pk5xuou2w= Original-Received: by 10.213.30.1 with SMTP id s1mr7412558ebc.71.1293184736699; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:58:56 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.213.20.148 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:58:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D146881.5000504@gmx.at> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:133936 Archived-At: On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, martin rudalics wrote: >> =C2=A0 Make buffer BUFFER-OR-NAME appear in some window but don't select= it. >> =C2=A0 BUFFER-OR-NAME must be a buffer or the name of an existing >> =C2=A0 buffer. =C2=A0Return the window chosen to display BUFFER-OR-NAME = or >> =C2=A0 nil if no such window is found. >> >> I do not understand the last sentence. Could it happen that the buffer >> is not displayed? > > It could happen but it's very unlikely. > >> In that case, should not that be an error? > > Not really since this might try to display the *Backtrace* buffer :-( :-( Does not the error routines do all they can to survive situations like that? What happens otherwise for example if an error occurs because the buffer was not displayed?