From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3366: 23.0.94; doc of split-window-preferred-function, display-buffer, etc. Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:13 +0200 Message-ID: <4A1CE359.1080603@gmx.at> References: <7BFD115BD21E4677AAB801DA5EBBFED1@us.oracle.com> <4A1A42F9.7050500@gmx.at> <779632281BA742BFB5A1470D08B17538@us.oracle.com> <4A1BB659.30003@gmx.at> Reply-To: martin rudalics , 3366@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1243408170 27297 80.91.229.12 (27 May 2009 07:09:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 07:09:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3366@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 27 09:09:27 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M9DGQ-0001X8-Ka for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 09:09:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42012 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M9DGP-0007UL-Ho for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M9DGK-0007Tw-Pr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M9DGF-0007TG-K8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55748 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M9DGF-0007TD-Ep for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:25117) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M9DGF-0006gc-6G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:15 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M9DGE-0004Z9-2F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:14 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n4R79CLg027497; Wed, 27 May 2009 00:09:12 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4R7038a025471; Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:03 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: martin rudalics Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 07:00:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3366 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3366-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3366.124340720924615 (code B ref 3366); Wed, 27 May 2009 07:00:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3366) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 27 May 2009 06:53:29 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with SMTP id n4R6rNWY024595 for <3366@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 26 May 2009 23:53:25 -0700 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 27 May 2009 06:53:16 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-59-128.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.59.128]) [62.47.59.128] by mail.gmx.net (mp023) with SMTP; 27 May 2009 08:53:16 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19UyLoL63dUSHJMUv1SkGYoNHhvXgt561wtNIH6ij SSctIaObnFzgvG User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.71 X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Resent-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:19 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:28223 Archived-At: >> Also `display-buffer' should call `split-window-preferred-function' at >> most once. Calling it with the largest and the LRU window (which may >> designate one and the same window) appears merely disconcerting. > > Agreed. I have no idea why it's called several times as of now. > It clearly isn't due to backward compatibility since this is new in > Emacs 23. It is due to backward compatibility. The only new thing here is that `split-window-preferred-function' can decide whether and how to split the window. If it returns nil for the first call it will be called a second time, though. martin