From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: help et. al - use different frame instead of splitting frame? 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Now that I have lots of frame space, I find it annoying= when functions like (describe-function) split the frame I am on. I am wond= ering if it is possible to change something so that functions like that ins= tead display the buffer in a different frame. > > Looking for someplace to start, I dove down into `describe-function' sour= ce code and eventually found myself trying to hack temp-buffer-window-show You either went too deep or not deep enough ;) The place you want is called display-buffer-alist and it=E2=80=99s a variab= le containing rules for activating various windows. See the manual and one of several tutorials on it, like this one: https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/demystifying-emacs-window-manager