From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15649: 24.3.50; removal of "special-display" from Emacs and Elisp manuals Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:50:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <61789385-0148-49c3-a22e-8446298e41a7@default> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1382323881 24731 80.91.229.3 (21 Oct 2013 02:51:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:51:21 +0000 (UTC) To: Glenn Morris , 15649@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 21 04:51:23 2013 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 1VY5aU-0005l4-Lf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 04:51:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38101 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY5aU-0001mo-4w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:51:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60367) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY5aJ-0001md-Pz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY5aB-00033t-7c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:51:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45682) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY5aB-00033o-3l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:51:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VY5aA-00054M-BA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15649 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 15649-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15649.138232385719475 (code B ref 15649); Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15649) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Oct 2013 02:50:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59701 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VY5a5-000543-2G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:50:57 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:32091) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VY5a3-00053m-H4 for 15649@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:50:56 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r9L2omdt023893 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:50:49 GMT Original-Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r9L2olus004775 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:50:48 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt108.oracle.com (abhmt108.oracle.com [141.146.116.60]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r9L2ol5k017439; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:50:47 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] 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:79440 Archived-At: > tags 15649 wontfix > stop >=20 > No. It's obsolete. "It's obsolete because it's useful" seems to be the logic. Misguided. The invention of the armored humvee does not make bicycles obsolete or useless. Not to mention that these options are used to implement `display-buffer' (`display-buffer--special-action' etc.) and `special-display-popup-frame'. What reason can you give for making users jump through the `display-buffer-alist' hoop-jungle & obstacle course, just to accomplish what these options accomplish so simply and directly? No reason? Imagine that.