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From: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:29:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ipqq4sja.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E2D34D7.4040002@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:18:15 +0200")

On Monday, 25.07.2011, martin rudalics wrote: 

> martin, who begins feeling to weak to delve into this subject again.

Not that it probably matters at all, but let me express my sincere
appreciation for all your work on making `display-buffer' and friends
suck less. I do hope the outcome of this discussion won't be sticking
with the Emacs 23 state of things.

I think the objections raised by other developers might largely stem
from their insufficient understanding of the new semantics, which in
itself might largely stem from its documentation not being good enough?

I tend to agree with Drew here -- let's first try to improve the docs so
we all understand Martin's proposed changes well enough, before
rejecting them or trying to improve upon them.

So I'd think at this point questions of the form "How do I get this
specific behaviour I want with your new system?" are more useful than
"Why not redesign it like this?" or "Why not drop these parts of the new
design?".

-- 
Štěpán



  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-25  9:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 230+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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 [this message]
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                                                                                                                                     ` display-buffer-overriding-action Chong Yidong
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
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-07-24 21:44 grischka
2011-07-25  9:18 ` martin rudalics
2011-07-25 11:22   ` grischka
2011-07-26  6:18     ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-27 13:07       ` grischka
2011-07-30  8:40         ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-31 15:48           ` grischka
2011-08-01  8:23             ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-04 19:59 grischka
2011-08-04 21:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-05 20:33   ` grischka
2011-08-07 18:22     ` Juri Linkov
2011-08-08  0:59       ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-08  9:07         ` martin rudalics
2011-08-08 14:01 grischka
2011-08-10 16:31 grischka
2011-08-10 17:06 ` Drew Adams

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