From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Galen Boyer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Preserving window layout Date: 7 Jun 2003 15:32:12 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055018380 8203 80.91.224.249 (7 Jun 2003 20:39:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:39:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 22:39:36 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19OkTQ-000284-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 22:39:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19OkU5-0002I2-Hm for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 16:40:17 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!c03.atl99!news.webusenet.com!newscene!novia!novia!sequencer.newscene.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-Sender: galenboyer@hotpop.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114276 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10770 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10770 On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, calhounm@mac.com wrote: > The problem is, when I do something like command-apropos it wreaks > havoc on my nice little environment - the shell buffer grows to take > up half of the frame, and the *Apropos* buffer has taken the place of > *shell*. Try this. (setq special-display-buffer-names '(("*Apropos*" (top . 5) (left . 100) (width . 90) (height . 50) (background-color . "gray60") (menu-bar-lines . 0)) "*Backtrace*" "*Input History*" "*Occur*" "*grep*" )) The above may need a tweak, I cut it out of alot more buffers being referenced. I think you can play with this and get it to your liking. -- Galen deForest Boyer Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.