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, 10 Aug 2011 09:10:02 +0200 Message-ID: <4E422ECA.2020207@gmx.at> References: <87mxgem09k.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <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> <87zkjkb572.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4E3FD5ED.5000206@gmx.at> <4E412E2D.90908@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 1312960227 21175 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2011 07:10:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 10 09:10:19 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 1Qr2vj-00080i-A0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:10:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41583 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr2vi-0004BR-Hf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:10:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45078) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr2vd-0004BH-Fo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:10:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr2vY-0002ar-1x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:10:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:35027) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr2vX-0002ZF-MI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 10 Aug 2011 07:10:06 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-53-1.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.53.1]) [62.47.53.1] by mail.gmx.net (mp058) with SMTP; 10 Aug 2011 09:10:06 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/EFE5chYfEcK0dNvsDOI5GEyoQhtt8gbEvryNi7s x5j2XqJUbPJkGq User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: 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:143095 Archived-At: > Here are the difference I see: > - use functions rather than a finite set of symbols. Not really a difference because `display-buffer-alist' provides the function specifier. > - handle the FUNCTION or FUNCTIONS (i.e. the list of methods to use/try) > separately from the other arguments, i.e. separate the part which is > tried in sequence from the part that's handled as an alist. Indeed. These are strongly tied in `display-buffer-alist'. >> So when an application sets the argument, people who want the old >> behavior are overridden. This means that such people can use >> `message-mail' as before but any of their customizations affecting >> `message-mail-other-window' or `message-mail-other-frame' are lost. > > Yes (unless message-mail-other-window keeps using the old let-binding > horror, of course). With customization I meant that so far they can make `message-mail-other-window' use another frame by setting `pop-up-frames' to t. This won't be possible any more. martin