From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:56:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9755.9843.306611.23448@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87y3c7pw4w.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87h8iuik3g.fsf@moondust.localdomain> <87o9d2eaql.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <875zzawbd6.fsf_-_@moondust.localdomain> <5B9A1599.2060800@gmx.at> <17488.90794.824863.23451@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <5B9B725F.504@gmx.at> <87va773q4n.fsf@moondust.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1537024077 14062 195.159.176.226 (15 Sep 2018 15:07:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:07:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Eric Abrahamsen , martin rudalics , Roland Winkler , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "N. Jackson" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 15 17:07:52 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g1CAq-0003ZG-Ls for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:07:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55802 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g1CCx-0005md-6i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40278) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g1CCC-0005NT-RY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:09:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g1Bzk-0007OV-5Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:56:24 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:38881) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g1Bzg-0007I7-M4; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w8FEu6tw011188; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 30C916A645; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:56:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87va773q4n.fsf@moondust.localdomain> (N. Jackson's message of "Sat, 15 Sep 2018 08:24:24 -0400") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6374=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6374> : inlines <6879> : streams <1798529> : uri <2711000> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:229812 Archived-At: > Perhaps `display-buffer-alist' is sufficient for the BBDB case. As > its documentation is a little unclear (while recursive code is okay, > recursive documentation is a little bit trying), it would be nice to > see an example of how this might be done. ^^^^ I don't know what this "this" refers to. If you mean "customize the location and shape", then I think currently the answer will depend a lot on what "location" and what "shape" you want. But I think "side window" is part of the answer. Stefan