From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Pretest? Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:19:49 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87slcf8qxr.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20070309135920.GA3560@kobe.laptop> <87hcsuwk6w.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <86hcsoxptx.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86fy87vs3p.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173882114 7223 80.91.229.12 (14 Mar 2007 14:21:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:21:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , cyd@stupidchicken.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 14 15:21:46 2007 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 4.50) id 1HRUMK-0006zC-GP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:21:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HRUND-00046U-Ie for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:22:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HRULb-0003Zm-6F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:20:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HRULZ-0003ZY-T4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:20:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HRULZ-0003ZV-My for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:20:57 -0500 Original-Received: from bc.sympatico.ca ([209.226.175.184] helo=tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HRUKV-0006bq-Uo; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:19:52 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.141.217]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070314141949.IPKN1767.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:19:49 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6D1957ECE; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:19:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <86fy87vs3p.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Wed\, 14 Mar 2007 15\:04\:42 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:67934 Archived-At: >>> You can't show the buffer if an isearch is going on in a single frame >>> with a single window and you are not going to interrupt isearch. >> Why not? Why can't it pop up in a new window? > Where would that window be? Are you talking about splitting the > frame? Well, yes: a *new* window. > That might involve recentering. Big deal! > It would also be out of character to move window-point to the new window, > since isearch does not normally offer a way to do window changes without > exiting isearch. Well, as I said in my PS whether it's a good idea or not is a separate issue. I was asking specifically why you thought it "can't" be done. Stefan