Oops,  I didn't think this had posted the first time, sorry for the double
post.


On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Paddy Mullen <paddy@paddymullen.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 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
>
> the window that the file will open in, in emacs 24 is unpredictable,
> making it very difficult to organize a multiple window session.
>
> Could someone please post the setq command to get emacs 24 to behave the
> way I am used to.
>
> something along the lines of
>
> (setq display-buffer-alist '(??????))
>
> all the other examples that I have seen use functions like setcar, setcdr
> which don't help me since my display-buffer-alist is nil.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Paddy
>