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: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 14:13:56 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307cfc64f117a204b100c837 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1320516849 30559 80.91.229.12 (5 Nov 2011 18:14:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:14:09 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 05 19:14:05 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 1RMkkm-00017W-Oz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:14:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43637 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMkkl-0005Fm-P2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53383) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMkkg-0005Fa-KT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:13:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMkkf-00058k-EJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:13:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:53996) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMkkf-00058g-96 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:13:57 -0400 Original-Received: by vcbfo13 with SMTP id fo13so422082vcb.0 for ; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.52.92.210 with SMTP id co18mr1285953vdb.111.1320516836202; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.52.186.42 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 11:13:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [50.74.145.10] In-Reply-To: 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:82763 Archived-At: --20cf307cfc64f117a204b100c837 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 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 > --20cf307cfc64f117a204b100c837 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oops, =A0I didn't think this had posted the first time, sorry for the d= ouble post.


On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 1= 1:57 AM, Paddy Mullen <paddy@paddymullen.com> wrote:
Hello,

I'm having a = very hard time understanding the documentation for display-buffer-alist. = =A0emacs24 behaves differently than emacs23. =A0Here is the behaviour that = I am used to and would like to return to.

Emacs 23:
C-x C-f =A0(find-file) =A0=A0
=
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 u= npredictable, making it very difficult to organize a multiple window sessio= n.

Could someone please post the setq command to g= et emacs 24 to behave the way I am used to.

something along the lines of

(= setq display-buffer-alist '(??????))

all the o= ther examples that I have seen use functions like setcar, setcdr which don&= #39;t help me since my display-buffer-alist is nil. =A0


Thanks,
Paddy

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