From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10785: 24.0.93; Doc of display-buffer doesn't explain alists Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:12:04 +0800 Message-ID: <87aa4o7hzv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874nuyi93d.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329023569 27259 80.91.229.3 (12 Feb 2012 05:12:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:12:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10785@debbugs.gnu.org To: michael_heerdegen@web.de Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 12 06:12:46 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRjx-0002h4-5F for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:12:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36919 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRjw-00018V-AD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:12:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35664) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRjs-00018L-S4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:12:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRjr-0001jp-QM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:12:40 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33062) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRjr-0001jl-Ox for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:12:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRlC-00058U-40 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:14:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:14:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10785 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10785-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10785.132902361919696 (code B ref 10785); Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10785) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Feb 2012 05:13:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36682 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRko-00057c-RI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:13:39 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:59727 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRkl-00057V-Vx for 10785@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:13:36 -0500 Original-Received: from bb121-7-229-69.singnet.com.sg ([121.7.229.69]:49913 helo=furball) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwRjQ-0002Mg-AL; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:12:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: <874nuyi93d.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:04:22 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:56826 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: > the docstring of `display-buffer' mentions certain "alists" in several > places, but doesn't say at all how they must look like and what an > effect they have. They are arbitrary association lists, and their effect is left up to the function arguments. I tweaked the docstring to clarify this.