From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: same-window-buffer-names and -regexps Date: 20 Aug 2002 11:52:29 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200208200243.VAA04929@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1029812001 12852 127.0.0.1 (20 Aug 2002 02:53:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 02:53:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17gz8v-0003L5-00 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 04:53:17 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17gzad-00062y-00 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 05:21:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17gzA2-0006bT-00; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:54:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17gz8J-0006Ye-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:52:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17gz8H-0006YS-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:52:39 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.52]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17gz8G-0006YM-00; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:52:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.197]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g7K2qX409751; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:52:33 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g7K2qX503703; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:52:33 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id g7K2qUG28074; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:52:30 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g7K2qTs11501; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:52:29 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 367A836F2; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:52:29 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200208200243.VAA04929@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 18 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:6667 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6667 Luc Teirlinck writes: > Setting the two variables to nil is no solution, because then M-x > shell and friends malfunction. > > One solution would be to have M-x shell and friends check these > variables (instead of having display-buffer do that directly) and > then have these functions pass an appropriate flag to display-buffer. That would be a silly solution. I think the right thing to do is to have `C-x 4 C-o' invoke a command that binds those variables to nil and calls display-buffer (instead of invoking display-buffer directly, as it does now). -Miles -- Come now, if we were really planning to harm you, would we be waiting here, beside the path, in the very darkest part of the forest?