From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paddy Mullen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: display-buffer-alist Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:52:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4EB64A77.1080200@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307d05cc0cd10f04b150f2cf X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1320861137 22897 80.91.229.12 (9 Nov 2011 17:52:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 17:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 09 18:52:13 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ROCJn-0007ON-Ma for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:52:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44993 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ROCJn-00018f-0T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:52:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54143) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ROCJi-00018W-Ce for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:52:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ROCJg-0002qF-Ja for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:47492) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ROCJg-0002pz-El for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:52:04 -0500 Original-Received: by vcbfo11 with SMTP id fo11so646559vcb.0 for ; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:52:03 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.52.20.209 with SMTP id p17mr6212621vde.60.1320861123268; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:52:03 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.52.186.42 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 09:52:03 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [50.74.145.10] In-Reply-To: <4EB64A77.1080200@gmx.at> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.220.169 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:82828 Archived-At: --20cf307d05cc0cd10f04b150f2cf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks for the help. The problem was with display-buffer-for-wide-screen.el http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/download/display-buffer-for-wide-screen.el Once I removed that from my .emacs, things worked fine. I would still like to see a proper example of elisp code setting the display-buffer-alist. Thanks, Paddy On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:51 AM, martin rudalics wrote: > > I'm having a very hard time understanding the documentation for > > display-buffer-alist. emacs24 behaves differently than emacs23. Here > > is the behaviour that I am used to and would like to return to. > > > > Emacs 23: > > C-x C-f (find-file) > > the file that I select opens in the current window > > > > > > Emacs 24: > > C-x C-f (find-file) > > the file that I select opens in another window > > With emacs -Q the file is not shown in another window on my machine. So > please report this as a bug either using emacs -Q or by providing us the > relevant details from your .emacs. > > > > the window that the file will open in, in emacs 24 is unpredictable, > > making it very difficult to organize a multiple window session. > > Please describe in the bug report what and how this happens. > > > > Could someone please post the setq command to get emacs 24 to behave the > way I am used to. > > Emacs 24 should behave as Emacs 23 in the example you gave. So there > should be no need for such a command. > > martin > --20cf307d05cc0cd10f04b150f2cf Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the help. =A0The problem was with display-buffer-for-wide-screen= .el

Once I removed that from my .emacs, things worked fine.= =A0
I would still like to see a proper example of elisp code set= ting the display-buffer-alist.

Thanks,
Paddy

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:51 AM, mar= tin rudalics <rudal= ics@gmx.at> wrote:
> I'm having a very hard time understanding the do= cumentation for
> display-buffer-alist. =A0emacs24 behaves differently than emacs23. =A0= Here
> is the behaviour that I am used to and would like to return to.
>
> Emacs 23:
> C-x C-f =A0(find-file)
> the file that I select opens in the current window
>
>
> Emacs 24:
> C-x C-f (find-file)
> the file that I select opens in another window

With emacs -Q the file is not shown in another window on my machine. =A0So<= br> please report this as a bug either using emacs -Q or by providing us the relevant details from your .emacs.


> the window that the file will open in, in emacs 24 is unpredictable, > making it very difficult to organize a multiple window session.

Please describe in the bug report what and how this happens.


> Could someone please post the setq command to get emacs 24 to behave t= he way I am used to.

Emacs 24 should behave as Emacs 23 in the example you gave. =A0So there
should be no need for such a command.

martin

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