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: managing windows in two frames Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 09:56:46 +0200 Message-ID: <522C2DBE.6070806@gmx.at> References: <8561uiclrj.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <5225DB8D.6060709@gmx.at> <858uzcbggs.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <85ppso1dve.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <5229B417.60006@gmx.at> <85hadx584g.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <522AF3ED.3090601@gmx.at> <851u506a7b.fsf@stephe-leake.org> 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 1378627030 16710 80.91.229.3 (8 Sep 2013 07:57:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 07:57:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stephen Leake Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 08 09:57:11 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1VIZrq-0000Mo-PF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 09:57:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44493 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIZrq-00089h-76 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:57:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54260) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIZrh-00089V-Ol for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:57:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIZra-0001LQ-Fm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:57:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:63571) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIZra-0001LM-6e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:56:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.47.50.229] ([62.47.50.229]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0LoJDJ-1VuOWj0NkP-00gH6k for ; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 09:56:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <851u506a7b.fsf@stephe-leake.org> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:PzRo0bxnV9KzInJCrKUoL04It9WJ/nx/TUSkROl7wfiu4atOQi2 PzAfQodOxNftXgLj6g2lOPaqsNGmhdR8P2C5S0HTk8MWnc0iqVw3KXzFJ8eETwUD/u52BBU Lxs0yslFgR1YtvlvM5yLvu7IMlyYLCM31/9f7wVbSWpjzUy05pd4coumvxOZWPD6RAvPPsS 9/w3Z4L3bcbg3EC1x5y/g== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.19 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:163259 Archived-At: > If those buffers pop up in the same place that the user's requested > buffer does, so they are replaced by the user buffer, that's consistent > with what the user requested. > > So the display-buffer settings for the user's requested buffer should > apply to any intermediate buffers as well. This might violate the principle of least surprise. Suppose I'm used to pop up the *Completions* buffer right above the minibuffer window and a command to display some file on another frame gets me the *Completions* buffer on a new frame. In particular, we cannot claim that C-x 5 f does the same it did before. martin