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From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using key q to quit temporary buffer window
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:35:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8qi19x1.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6eyS0qh-Tsu8_Q9ZFcE0E23BZGjwptB5Axa2m5vchaKegBiCnfA1zrj9jKRLOQx57-pGZ6Cl0SDlrsjOkzjIRHGi_7MS9hE21Um5GU6vgEU=@proton.me

uzibalqa wrote:

> Also included (switch-to-buffer bfname) to get
>
> (defun help-show (bfname msg)
>   "Display the output of MSG"

Still not good ...

>   (when (stringp msg)
>     (with-output-to-temp-buffer bfname
>       (switch-to-buffer bfname)
>       (print msg))))
>
> But (switch-to-buffer bfname) replaces the buffer.
> Without it, a new buffer is generated underneath the current
> buffer. All I want is to make the temporary buffer to become
> the current buffer.

`get-buffer-create', then `with-current-buffer', then
`pop-to-buffer'.

See `print-roll-outs' here

  https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/bike.el

for an example.

-- 
underground experts united
https://dataswamp.org/~incal




  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-24  5:35 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
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 [this message]
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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