Re: The window-pub branch

[grischka <grishka@gmx.de>]

martin rudalics wrote:
> If this doesn't work there's a bug in the code.  You could have tried to
> debug where and how it fails :-(

"As a user" I don't debug ;)

> I could replace these functions by pre-configured entries but how 
> should an application select such an entry for a specific call?

Actually I've spend some thoughts on this already for ewm.  I'd
propose indirection:  That is, let application pass a label along
with the buffer.

For example, ediff could label its buffers 'ediff-A and 'ediff-B,
which would point to entries such as:

  (setq display-buffer-names '(
    ((ediff-A) <specifiers>)
    ((ediff-B) <specifiers>)
    ...
  ))

I guess, for emacs' own packages there is no problem as you can
have the entries pre-configured.  For other packages you might
invent some method that allows them to add entries on the fly
when they are first installed.

> Specifiers are powerful because an application can specify where the
> window shall appear and how it should look like.  This was not possible
> before.  And wasn't it you who wanted to replace `set-window-buffer' and
> `split-window' with `display-buffer' calls?

Indeed, but for the sole reason to completely ignore what the application
wants and instead let ewm show buffers where the user wants ;)

> How could an application
> encompass the power of the former by choosing among some pre-configured
> entries?

Free users!  No power to applications!

>
> martin
>