From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using special-display-regexps Date: 18 Jun 2004 08:48:24 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088536571 20539 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 19:16:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:16:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 21:15:59 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BfO5G-0005QX-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:15:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfO6w-0000kG-JC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:17:42 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 52 Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de ka4UaH7OjnfKr/ARTT6eaA5Z5IL2GsRnaGthKKZ7LqFqXkIlh9 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123812 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19173 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19173 Michael Slass writes: > >I'm trying to teach emacs to treat some buffers in a special way using > >this code that is supposed to work: > > > >(setq special-display-regexps > > '(("jabber-chat" > > ((top . 10) (height . 5) (left . 200))))) > > > >In the documentation string thew following can be seen: > > > > *List of regexps saying which buffers should have their own special > > frames. If a buffer name matches one of these regexps, it gets its > > own frame. Displaying a buffer whose name is in this list makes a > > special frame for it using `special-display-function'. > > > > An element of the list can be a list instead of just a string. > > There are two ways to use a list as an element: > > (REGEXP FRAME-PARAMETERS...) (REGEXP FUNCTION OTHER-ARGS...) > > In the first case, FRAME-PARAMETERS are used to create the frame. > > > >It works only half way, emacs opens up matching buffers in a new > >frame, but the supplied frame parameters is not applied. > > > >What am I doing wrong? > > > >I have loaded emacs using --no-init-file and --no-site-file but to no > >avail. > > > >/Mathias > > > The frame parameters should each be elements at the same level as > "jabber-chat", rather than in their own enclosing list, as you've got it. > Also, it's better to use (add-to-list ...) rather than setq in this > context, because setq will clobber anything that's already there. > > Put those together, and I think you get something like this: > > (add-to-list 'special-display-regexps > '("jabber-chat" (top . 10) (height . 5) (left . 200))) > Aaaaaah! Yes, that did the trick! Is this just a problem with me or could the documentation be more clear on this subject? I have fiddles with frame parameters from time to time and then I had always needed to enclose them in their own list. This is the reason I thought I had to do the same now. Thanks! /Mathias