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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
To: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Using key q to quit temporary buffer window
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:11:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735dnc7vz.fsf@mbork.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NA7zeOx--3-2@tutanota.com>


On 2022-08-23, at 06:38, wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

> I am printing some text in a temporary buffer
>
> (defconst principles "Text for display in temporary buffer")
>
> (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*andromeda*"
>  (print principles)
>
> Is it technically possible to use the key `q' to quit the temporary buffer window as one can do
> with the `*Backtrace*' window?

AFAIK, it already works this way - thing is, the temp buffer window is
not selected by default.

I'd probably look at `display-buffer'.

Hth,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl



  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-23 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-23  4:38 Using key q to quit temporary buffer window wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-08-23 15:11 ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
2022-08-24  0:32   ` uzibalqa
2022-08-24  1:42     ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-24  3:54       ` uzibalqa
2022-08-24  4:07         ` uzibalqa
2022-08-24  5:35           ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-24  5:56             ` uzibalqa
2022-08-24  6:00               ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-24  6:14                 ` uzibalqa
2022-08-24  6:23                   ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-24  6:30                     ` uzibalqa
2022-08-24  6:45                       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-24  7:16                         ` uzibalqa
2022-08-24 10:41                           ` Jean Louis

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