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#16767: 24.3.50; `C-x 5 b' for special-display buffers Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:32:54 +0100 Message-ID: <530093D6.70002@gmx.at> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392546853 11449 80.91.229.3 (16 Feb 2014 10:34:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:34:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16767@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 16 11:34:20 2014 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 1WEz3D-00048c-CN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:34:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60582 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEz3C-00027r-VJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:34:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50833) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEz34-00027l-2X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:34:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEz2w-0002Fs-PM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:34:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53120) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEz2w-0002Fo-LX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:34:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEz2w-0004xl-3w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:34:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16767 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16767-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16767.139254678718986 (code B ref 16767); Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16767) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Feb 2014 10:33:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54299 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEz23-0004wA-9X for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:33:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:63180) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEz20-0004vS-Pq for 16767@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:33:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.47.47.61] ([62.47.47.61]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M4nYT-1XDgBj1IZZ-00ywLP for <16767@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:32:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:bzBUbp8dzMFRNEjg/swU4XLGkMGCcmowLd1NgdQxKJHHUssO2MG YptB0NAGf7QBEWQkT9i5FYwZNp/D3BwBrl0SmvleSYD5DUmfyiGQwbNxd2Qvz8y4sEY6oWi uertMN0qXq0CKdyDeJFVAhxiufb5vRKbyO3O52EOZBLvCNje/B4suCjdJJJjxrbKqsM6n0v cOKRfxAYqcLsKgyiiEoTw== X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.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:85669 Archived-At: > emacs -Q > > In *scratch* evaluate: > (setq special-display-regexps '("[ ]?[*][^*]+[*]")) > > C-x 5 b *scratch* > > A new frame should be created, showing *scratch*. None is. > Without making *scratch* special-display-p, *scratch* is shown, > correctly, in a separate frame. > > Similarly, (pop-to-buffer "*scratch*" t) does not pop to *scratch* > in another window. (display-buffer-other-frame "*scratch*"), > likewise, does not display the buffer in another frame. > > If the buffer is not special-display-p then another new > frame/window is used, as it should be. If it is > special-display-p then this should still be the case, but the > action instead becomes a no-op. > > Special-display-p implies that the window is dedicated to the > buffer. It does not imply that the buffer is somehow "dedicated" > to the window (such a notion does not exist). A special-display > buffer should be shown in another frame/window when other-frame > is called for. Bug#9532? Can you look into `display-buffer--special-action' to see what goes wrong? martin