From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12848: 24.2.50; Doc: give an example for a typical entry of `display-buffer-alist' Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:32:30 +0100 Message-ID: <50A65C8E.3080004@gmx.at> References: <87wqxuxufe.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353080006 15418 80.91.229.3 (16 Nov 2012 15:33:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:33:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de To: 12848-done@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 16 16:33:37 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNvE-0005Pb-Cc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:33:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53888 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNv4-0004sg-Ex for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45985) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNux-0004oe-7v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNuu-0001J7-4t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:19 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38158) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNuu-0001Iu-1X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNve-0003g9-Hq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:34:02 -0500 Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 12848 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 12848@debbugs.gnu.org, rudalics@gmx.at, michael_heerdegen@web.de Original-Received: via spool by 12848-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D12848.135308001514084 (code D ref 12848); Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12848-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2012 15:33:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48400 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNvD-0003f6-4K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:56964) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZNvB-0003ey-Bz for 12848-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:34 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 16 Nov 2012 15:32:36 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-58-235.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.58.235]) [62.47.58.235] by mail.gmx.net (mp019) with SMTP; 16 Nov 2012 16:32:36 +0100 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/kxCVYg0zkDPNiEY1pt9nsECCsJz+NZ8iUUH5tEk nTPJ0yKxjeO57u In-Reply-To: <87wqxuxufe.fsf@web.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67001 Archived-At: > `display-buffer-alist' entries are quite complex. OTOH, it's not > uncommon that a typical user might need it. We should give an example > entry, somewhere. > > Today, I thought: "I want that *Help* is always displayed in a new frame > when it is not already displayed anywhere". It took some > time to figure out what was needed: > > (add-to-list > 'display-buffer-alist > '("\\`\\*Help\\*\\'" . ; make *Help* pop up in a new frame when not already displayed > ((display-buffer-reuse-window display-buffer-pop-up-frame) . > ((reusable-frames . t))))) > > I think something like that should be included as an example somewhere > in the docs - maybe in the documentation of `display-buffer-alist' > itself, maybe in the manual. I tried to provide an example in revision 110885 on the Emacs-24 release branch. Please have a look. Thanks, martin