how to create dedicated buffers every time emacs starts?

how to create dedicated buffers every time emacs starts?

[Angelina Carlton]

Hello

I would like to create a dictionary buffer, an info buffer and a man page
buffer so that each time I do M-x dictionary, M-x info or M-x man
it goes into the assigned buffer.

Is something like this what i need? (doesn't work)
(setq special-display-buffer-names                                                                                      
      '("*dictionary*" "*info*" "*Man*")) 

basically, make these 3 buffers every time emacs starts and if I call
M-x whatever, place it in one of those buffers and not in the buffer I
happen to be working in.

possible? 

thanks a lot!

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Re: how to create dedicated buffers every time emacs starts?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 31.07.2005 um 17:47 schrieb Angelina Carlton:

> I would like to create a dictionary buffer, an info buffer and a man 
> page
> buffer so that each time I do M-x dictionary, M-x info or M-x man
> it goes into the assigned buffer.
>

*info* is easy: (info)

(man "man") is a good start, but *I* would like to have a specialized 
buffer for (man "apropos") too ...

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Re: how to create dedicated buffers every time emacs starts?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Angelina Carlton wrote:
 > I would like to create a dictionary buffer, an info buffer and a man page
 > buffer so that each time I do M-x dictionary, M-x info or M-x man
 > it goes into the assigned buffer.
 >
 > Is something like this what i need? (doesn't work)
 > (setq special-display-buffer-names
 >       '("*dictionary*" "*info*" "*Man*"))

That ensures that whenever a buffer with one of those names is
displayed, it will be displayed in its own frame.  But it doesn't cause
any buffers with those names to be created...

 > basically, make these 3 buffers every time emacs starts and if I call
 > M-x whatever, place it in one of those buffers and not in the buffer I
 > happen to be working in.

... for that, you have to call M-x whatever in your .emacs file:

(dictionary)
(info)
(man "man")

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Kevin Rodgers