From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:48:57 +0200 Message-ID: <4E355D49.6000204@gmx.at> References: <87mxgem09k.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E2A7EBD.7050300@gmx.at> <87livooqt6.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E2B158B.1080101@gmx.at> <87wrf8iyse.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E2BEED2.5040608@gmx.at> <8739hvu6lh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E2C50E6.3020103@gmx.at> <878vrnweju.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E2D34D7.4040002@gmx.at> <87r55cjvef.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87sjpsnerd.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87r55axsri.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <877h715oep.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1312120152 24616 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2011 13:49:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:49:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 31 15:49:08 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QnWO9-0006pK-U5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:49:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33976 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QnWO9-0003bR-36 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:49:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51391) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QnWO6-0003ap-KI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:49:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QnWO5-0004km-SU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:41553) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QnWO5-0004jm-GC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:49:01 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 31 Jul 2011 13:48:59 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-53-199.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.53.199]) [62.47.53.199] by mail.gmx.net (mp006) with SMTP; 31 Jul 2011 15:48:59 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/hUHUi5jHhMLaJSuA4nepB6y+4juuAz12AIM8/Ff nJaNbmg+BJafQY User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <877h715oep.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 213.165.64.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:142571 Archived-At: >> So, should "the same conditional" mean `equal'? Then it will no longer >> be possible to use a single display-buffer-alist to affect ALL >> `reuse-window' conditional specs passed to `display-buffer'. I am >> personally fine with that. > > This means more data duplication in specs. But this duplication > can be removed via the inheritance mechanism. But how would such an inheritance mechanism look like? IIUC I would have to invent a naming mechanism for this purpose. Or what am I missing? martin