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>> I'm looking for something like the special-display function, but with
>> a twist.  I would like to dedicate a frame to a *list* of buffers
>> (preferably defined with a regexp), such that the frame can only
>> display those buffers.  An example would be a gnus-only frame, where
>> it could display all gnus buffers within it (and bbdb and ispell), but
>> not be able to switch to a java file.
>> 
>> Does such a creature exist?  Thanks!
> What a great idea!  I wonder if you could develop a framework based on
> advising switch-to-buffer?  Before jumping in to this, I'd wait to see
> if the gurus know of an easier way. 

I'd stay away from switch-to-buffer, personally.
Instead, I'd start with display-buffer-function.


        Stefan