From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : display-buffer-alist actions
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:28:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfbc93fe.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CO1PR10MB446635B907CB39797F2B01A9F39E9@CO1PR10MB4466.namprd10.prod.outlook.com
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> > I've read and re-read the documentation for
> > display-buffer-alist and I cannot quite understand it.
>
> (You're not alone.)
>
> I suspect it's not just a doc problem. It's
> the behavior that's complex.
The behavior is complex since the task is. The approach is not
unnecessarily complex in my eyes.
> That leads to complicated doc, whether or not the doc is correct.
At least in my (master) Emacs the docs contain a node
(info "(elisp) The Zen of Buffer Display")
It's quite nice and easy to understand. Must be quite new I guess.
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-25 4:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-24 17:44 display-buffer-alist actions Eric S Fraga
2021-02-24 19:52 ` Joost Kremers
2021-02-24 20:08 ` Joost Kremers
2021-02-24 21:08 ` TRS-80
2021-02-24 20:57 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-02-25 16:25 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-02-25 20:40 ` Garjola Dindi
2021-02-24 21:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-25 16:34 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-02-25 16:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-26 9:43 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-02-25 0:00 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-25 4:28 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2021-02-25 7:00 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-25 14:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-25 16:22 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-25 16:36 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-02-25 16:27 ` Eric S Fraga
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