From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:49:54 +0200 Message-ID: <4E3FB142.5040506@online.de> 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> <4E380897.5000406@gmx.at> <871ux2nsrw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E3AA5DA.8030403@gmx.at> <87mxfnn414.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E3D41F2.8060801@gmx.at> <4E3FA812.3080009@gmx.at> 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 1312797018 21183 80.91.229.12 (8 Aug 2011 09:50:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:50:18 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 08 11:50:10 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 1QqMTK-0002RY-AX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:50:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47185 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqMTJ-000454-Vj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqMTH-00043E-5k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:50:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqMTE-0007rz-JP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:50:07 -0400 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:61498) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqMTE-0007rM-7C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.178.27] (brln-4db9effa.pool.mediaWays.net [77.185.239.250]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MLR0k-1QpoVP0CJu-0008WW; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:50:01 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 SUSE/3.1.11 Thunderbird/3.1.11 In-Reply-To: <4E3FA812.3080009@gmx.at> X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:uoR0cFyNjzwlr/5g4/syzlRwI8yjD5T/wxH3wEEi8Rq 34/l0qZp7tlmi7C1kGlgjScXQlfey8y7+JfjTd/fX+OkjPSg0e 3tWnAlTwJ/TKzdg6dhNKH6le+ZJ3/zxW6+CWp77dB7z4cq7J0r a/4unCqq8PzaXLyJms6Cm7qBD4538ZLn6bpjdFKh8h1ej78OpB mGGo+w/vTr+DTIuiFOGq0tRuK9vw7q+2rHMsbbn5PY= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 212.227.126.186 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:143007 Archived-At: Am 08.08.2011 11:10, schrieb martin rudalics: > > I'd make a "display method" be a function, i.e. one of > > `display-buffer-reuse-window', `display-buffer-pop-up-window', ... > > At which point you can get rid of the idea of a "macro specifier" since > > function definitions work just as well. > > At which point you can give up the idea of merging. I meanwhile know > that no one here likes the idea of merging specifiers and don't have the > slightest intention to fight for it any more. But no one so far has > cared to explain how to support all the things people have piled up over > the years like split-height-threshold, even-window-heights, or > display-buffer-mark-dedicated. I'd be all in favor of functions if you > told me how to write a function that within a year has not been > rewritten completely because it's oh so important to add a little thingy > here and there. Hi Martin, can't take part in this discussion now for several reasons. However let me say your remarks meet my experience with a lot of Emacs stuff. Consider all effort of cleaning that up as crucial, as difficulties must rise otherwise. Thanks all, Andreas