From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: rswgnu@gmail.com
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Any way to prevent window splits for a window or a major-mode
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 10:27:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5A290981.3030105@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+OMD9iykgHuw36MXOMJtpezy8uWUqpXbXYH=zmQdp5ReRJkxw@mail.gmail.com>
>> `set-window-dedicated-p' (with a "d") is not needed. Another buffer may
>> appear in this window if and only if it has been set up to use the same
>> side and slot.
>
>
> Great.
>
> In the doc string for display-buffer-in-side-window, it says: "Unless
> ‘display-buffer-mark-dedicated’ is non-nil, softly
> dedicate the side window used to BUFFER."
>
> No one will know what 'softly dedicate' means. If it means what you said
> above, that should be explained in the doc string too.
It doesn't mean what I said above. Setting the window's dedicated flag
makes sure that no other action functions reuse that window.
I hopefully managed to clarify the doc-string now.
Many thanks for your careful reading of doc and doc-strings, martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-07 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-01 21:35 Any way to prevent window splits for a window or a major-mode Robert Weiner
2017-12-01 21:40 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2017-12-01 21:57 ` Drew Adams
2017-12-02 10:17 ` martin rudalics
2017-12-04 13:44 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-05 8:53 ` martin rudalics
2017-12-05 17:04 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-06 8:56 ` martin rudalics
2017-12-06 15:44 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-07 9:27 ` martin rudalics [this message]
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2017-12-05 22:45 Robert Weiner
2017-12-06 8:56 ` martin rudalics
2017-12-06 18:11 ` Richard Stallman
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