Re: [External] : help et. al - use different frame instead of splitting frame?

["Björn Bidar" <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> I find it annoying when functions like (describe-function)
>> split the frame I am on. I am wondering if it is possible
>> to change something so that functions like that instead
>> display the buffer in a different frame.
>
> Just customize `special-display-buffer-names'
> or `special-display-regexps'.
>
> E.g., I use `special-display-buffer-names'
> to put *Help* and *Completions* buffers in
> their own frames that look different.  I put
> other *...* buffers in frames with a third
> look by setting `special-display-regexps' to
> ("[ ]?[*][^*]+[*]").
>
> A "special-display" buffer is shown in its own
> dedicated frame (you can get more refined than
> that, if you like).
>
> Emacs will tell you that these options are
> obsolete.  But they're simple to use and they
> still work perfectly fine.
>
> If you instead want to complicate your life,
> you can do what those options do and much,
> more by customizing `display-buffer-alist'
> or its ilk.  See the Elisp manual, node
> `Displaying Buffers' and all of its progeny.
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Displaying-Buffers.html

Another option is to use pop-up-frames instead if you want to go fully
frames instead of windows.

Pop-up-frames will make every new window open a new frame instead.