From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: display-buffer-overriding-action
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:36:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aaa6bvky.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4o0f3rhh.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:33:52 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
>> If the majority of non-trivial calls to display-buffer are not going to
>> use the ACTION argument, that is a waste of the ACTION argument.
>
> Agreed. I see no evidence that we're heading this way.
I don't think we are convincing each other. I guess we can keep the
current system, but let me make sure I understand your position:
- Interactive and non-interactive calls to switch-to-buffer,
switch-to-buffer-other-window, and switch-to-buffer-other-frame shall
override d-b-alist. (This includes calls from commands in the Emacs
sources.)
- To do this, s-t-buffer etc should let-bind d-b-overriding-action,
instead of using ACTION as they currently do.
- This means that d-b-alist can't be used to tell Emacs "when I call
s-t-buffer(-other-*) for this buffer, do this action instead".
AFAICT there would be no way to do this except advice.
- If d-b-overriding-action is meant for use by s-t-b and co, then it
should be a defvar, not a defcustom.
Is this accurate?
> That's the reason why we have the ACTION argument: so non-trivial
> users of display-buffer can pass their preference without imposing it
> on the user (because the user can override it in d-b-alist).
Any example in mind? Note that if s-t-buffer etc are changed to use
d-b-overriding-action, there will be zero uses of the ACTION argument in
the Emacs source tree. But can you point to the prospect of any uses in
the future?
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2011-07-16 20:35 display-buffer-alist simplifications Chong Yidong
2011-07-17 1:38 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-17 9:41 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-17 9:40 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-18 15:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-18 18:52 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-18 20:34 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-18 21:28 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 1:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-02 14:26 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-02 16:41 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-03 16:22 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-03 17:36 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-04 13:59 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-04 15:48 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 18:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-03 16:23 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-04 18:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-05 16:01 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-05 17:45 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-06 13:29 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-06 15:33 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-07 8:32 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-05 19:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-06 13:45 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-08 2:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-08 4:59 ` Tim Cross
2011-08-08 9:12 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-08 13:42 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-08 19:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-09 12:55 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-09 18:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-10 7:10 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-05 16:45 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-05 19:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-07 18:17 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-08 0:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-08 9:45 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-08 19:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-09 9:08 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-09 18:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-09 12:56 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-09 18:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-08 20:51 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-08 21:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-09 9:11 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-23 7:56 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-23 8:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-23 18:39 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-23 17:22 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-23 18:40 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-23 19:26 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-24 10:07 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-24 13:54 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-24 17:05 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-24 17:11 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-24 21:32 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-25 9:18 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-25 9:29 ` Štěpán Němec
2011-07-25 11:41 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-26 1:03 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-25 11:15 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-26 1:15 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-26 5:21 ` David Kastrup
2011-07-26 9:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-26 10:50 ` David Kastrup
2011-07-26 6:15 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-31 13:47 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-01 8:03 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-01 18:57 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-31 13:49 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-01 8:08 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-01 18:57 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-27 2:43 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-27 4:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-27 8:08 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-27 11:25 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-27 11:27 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-27 11:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-27 11:47 ` David Kastrup
2011-07-27 12:04 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-27 12:02 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-27 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-27 15:52 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-28 15:57 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-31 13:46 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-27 16:10 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-27 20:27 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-28 2:12 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-28 2:35 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-28 4:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-28 7:45 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-28 9:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-29 1:39 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-29 6:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-29 7:44 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-29 7:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-30 16:08 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-30 16:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-30 16:45 ` David Kastrup
2011-07-30 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-31 9:07 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-29 11:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-28 16:41 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-29 11:04 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-31 13:48 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-01 8:12 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-31 13:48 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-01 8:19 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-01 18:57 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-31 13:48 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-01 8:20 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-01 17:13 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-01 23:34 ` Andy Moreton
2011-08-02 14:24 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-02 16:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-03 16:22 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-03 16:26 ` Nix
2011-08-03 16:40 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-04 2:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-04 14:00 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-04 20:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-03 20:29 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-04 13:59 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-05 17:48 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-06 13:30 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-08 1:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-08 9:10 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-08 9:49 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-08-08 9:52 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-08 12:26 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-08 18:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-09 12:55 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-09 18:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-10 7:10 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-10 13:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-11 9:35 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-11 13:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-12 14:05 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-12 18:03 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-13 2:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-13 13:44 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-13 14:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-16 9:33 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-16 15:37 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-17 9:27 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-18 6:57 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-13 13:44 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-13 2:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-13 13:44 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-13 14:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-28 8:05 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-29 9:34 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-29 15:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-29 15:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-29 19:04 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-29 19:45 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-30 4:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-31 1:43 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-31 2:07 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-31 3:01 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-31 9:33 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-31 9:57 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-31 11:46 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-31 15:42 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-31 16:59 ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-01 2:06 ` Chong Yidong
2011-09-02 1:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-02 14:54 ` Chong Yidong
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2011-09-11 20:40 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Chong Yidong
2011-09-12 0:04 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Juanma Barranquero
2011-09-13 0:55 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Stefan Monnier
2011-09-13 2:39 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Chong Yidong
2011-09-13 17:59 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Stefan Monnier
2011-09-13 19:01 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Chong Yidong
2011-09-13 19:28 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Chong Yidong
2011-09-13 20:48 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Stefan Monnier
2011-09-13 22:40 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Chong Yidong
2011-09-14 0:53 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Stefan Monnier
2011-09-14 2:13 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Chong Yidong
2011-09-14 18:33 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Stefan Monnier
2011-09-14 22:36 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2011-09-15 0:04 ` display-buffer-overriding-action Stefan Monnier
2011-08-31 15:56 ` display-buffer-alist simplifications Chong Yidong
2011-09-01 0:25 ` martin rudalics
2011-09-01 2:04 ` Chong Yidong
2011-09-01 15:35 ` martin rudalics
2011-09-01 16:07 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-31 13:33 ` Drew Adams
2011-09-01 1:35 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-08-09 4:41 ` John Yates
2011-08-08 18:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-09 0:47 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-08-09 12:54 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-09 18:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-10 7:09 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-10 10:42 ` Štěpán Němec
2011-08-10 12:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-10 14:26 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-10 9:17 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-10 13:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-08 9:49 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-08 19:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-07 18:12 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-02 18:01 ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-03 16:22 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-01 18:57 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-01 16:16 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-01 18:57 ` martin rudalics
2011-08-02 2:36 ` Chong Yidong
2011-08-03 6:39 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-23 19:42 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-24 10:07 ` martin rudalics
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