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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Setting mode to a temporary buffer
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:35:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv35dk4fc7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: W8SBoo7ZHusoIXRS33pMVQaWeQDN60z2BbFDCwKR2r5wFcloXKKxZFW-MrP7019qTAU1_Fmzyn3oM5iC0f8ZQYooco8gIuRu26UsxqTKl9w=@proton.me

>     (with-current-buffer bfname (org-mode))
>     (pop-to-buffer bfname)))

`pop-to-buffer` and its friends obey `display-buffer-alist` which can
specify different behaviors depending on the buffer's state such as its
contents and its major mode.

So it's much better to set the major mode before calling `pop-to-buffer`
(like you've done above) than the reverse.


        Stefan




      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-08-25 13:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-25  6:30 Setting mode to a temporary buffer uzibalqa
2022-08-25  9:28 ` Jean Louis
2022-08-25 10:43   ` uzibalqa
2022-08-25 13:35 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]

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