From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Hofert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Bug or feature? 'c' in dired-mode changes buffer layout Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:26:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87mx1v9wu4.fsf@sklar.v.cablecom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1345098385 21957 80.91.229.3 (16 Aug 2012 06:26:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:26:25 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 16 08:26:26 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1T1tXE-0001ED-4b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:26:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43455 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1tXC-0001ZH-VX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:26:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46188) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1tX6-0001ZC-Jn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:26:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1tX5-00083x-FN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:26:16 -0400 Original-Received: from edge10.ethz.ch ([82.130.75.186]:33213) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1tX5-00083p-9V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:26:15 -0400 Original-Received: from CAS22.d.ethz.ch (172.31.51.112) by edge10.ethz.ch (82.130.75.186) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.298.4; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:26:11 +0200 Original-Received: from sklar.v.cablecom.net (217.162.130.156) by CAS22.d.ethz.ch (172.31.51.112) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.298.4; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:26:12 +0200 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) X-Originating-IP: [217.162.130.156] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.130.75.186 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:86361 Hi, I am wondering if the following behavior is a bug or a feature: 1) open an Emacs buffer 2) Split the buffer via C-x 2 3) Change to dired mode via C-x d; now you have two buffers on top of each other, one in dired mode 4) use 'c' in the buffer in dired mode to get a shell; instead of two buffers on top of each other (one of which is a shell), the buffer-split is removed and the shell is displayed as a single buffer in the frame. (this is on Emacs 24, Ubuntu 12.04). Cheers, Marius