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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:130095 Archived-At: Hi there, I fail to get display-buffer-alist working. Recipe starting from 'emacs -Q': Eval this expression: (customize-set-variable 'display-buffer-alist '(("\\*shell\\*" . (display-buffer-pop-up-frame . '((reusable-frames . t)))))) M-x shell A shell frame opens as expected. M-x shell A new frame is opened, while I expected the existing one to be reused. Actually, I'm sure that I do not understand the documentation for display-buffer (redirected from display-buffer-alist). Maybe that is a separate bug. In previous versions of Emacs, I used special-display-buffer-names, which is obsolete now and points to the variable used above, display-buffer-alist. It would be great if the documentation for that variable explained what to do. In particular, I would like the frame to be special/dedicated such that it disappears if the buffer is killed. Is that lack of documentation a separate bug? Best wishes Jens In GNU Emacs 26.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2017-02-24 built on debian-8 Repository revision: 91932fff1ded8ed3b4d39dd06891f26960153b9e