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: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:22:57 +0200 Message-ID: <4E3975E1.606@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> <4E355D2C.40709@gmx.at> <87k4axzg7j.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87oc092gy0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87aabr66bl.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 1312388594 24479 80.91.229.12 (3 Aug 2011 16:23:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:23:14 +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 Wed Aug 03 18:23:09 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 1QoeDs-0007pY-Bd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:23:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46147 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QoeDr-0003aL-HH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33447) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QoeDn-0003Ne-5x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:23:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QoeDl-0004bL-6H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:55795) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QoeDk-0004ap-OB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Aug 2011 16:22:59 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-44-238.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.44.238]) [62.47.44.238] by mail.gmx.net (mp069) with SMTP; 03 Aug 2011 18:22:59 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18O9EcPXjUOOIwi01CPH/sDVTVt2kV9dku8XF/Wmb ufKQBDcjDiW3uJ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87aabr66bl.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: 213.165.64.23 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:142828 Archived-At: > So I rather like your earlier proposal > to provide `display-buffer-fallback-alist' where users can study all > settings that define the default behavior and easily override them by > just coping some settings from `display-buffer-fallback-alist' to > `display-buffer-alist' and changing their values. Any such thing like `display-buffer-fallback-alist' has to cope with the variables `special-display-buffer-names' and `special-display-regexps' which may prescribe individual behavior based on the names of buffers. There is no "global" default value for all buffers unless we are prepared to sacrifice compatibility with Emacs 23. martin