From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>,
martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>,
"N. Jackson" <nljlistbox2@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 21:58:02 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <953cd685-fb36-49e2-bb55-08674e2a17d0@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <34498.70574.322595.23452@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
> The current discussion of 'display-buffer-alist' in the elisp manual
> appears rather technical, suited only for expert users. On the
> other hand, the variable is declared with defcustom, as if
> individual users should customize it to their personal liking.
> Phrased differently: a package like BBDB should not hijack this
> variable for its needs (but at best it could contribute to its value
> via a user option), correct?
>
> If that's the case, then it would really help to extend the
> documentation for this variable, stating not only that it works only
> for a single buffer, but also adding one or two real-world examples
> similar to what we have been discussing here.
>
> I believe it is quite common that users may want to customize how
> emacs pops up new windows. Having a unified customization scheme
> for that would be much nicer than having different approaches
> implemented in different packages.
+1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-15 4:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-11 20:31 customize location and shape of a new window in a frame Roland Winkler
2018-09-11 21:22 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-09-12 19:36 ` N. Jackson
2018-09-12 20:12 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-09-12 23:21 ` Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' " N. Jackson
2018-09-13 7:45 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-13 13:07 ` N. Jackson
2018-09-14 8:31 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-13 16:33 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-09-14 8:33 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-14 16:56 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-09-15 8:17 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-14 5:17 ` Roland Winkler
2018-09-14 8:33 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-14 12:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-15 4:12 ` Roland Winkler
2018-09-15 4:58 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2018-09-15 8:18 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-15 16:34 ` Roland Winkler
2018-09-15 18:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-15 19:21 ` Roland Winkler
2018-09-15 12:24 ` N. Jackson
2018-09-15 14:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-15 0:46 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-15 8:17 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-16 3:14 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-16 19:05 ` John Yates
2018-09-16 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-16 20:30 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-13 16:38 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-09-12 14:54 ` Stefan Monnier
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