Re: change buffer in other frame, multiple monitors

[Sam Halliday <sam.halliday@gmail.com>]

I'm starting to think there must be a bug somewhere. Setting the explicit action is still causing `C-x 5 b` to open a new frame even if one is already open:

  (setq display-buffer--other-frame-action
        '((display-buffer-reuse-window display-buffer-pop-up-frame)
          (reusable-frames . t) (inhibit-same-window . t)))

I'm on Debian Jessie but some mac users have said that the out-of-the-box behaviour is for `C-x 5 b` to reuse the other frame.

I'm stumped. Any help appreciated.


On Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:22:25 UTC+1, Sam Halliday  wrote:
> I've updated the below with the newer display-buffer-alist approach with
> 
>   (setq display-buffer-alist
>         '((".*" display-buffer-reuse-window (reusable-frames . t))
>           (".*" display-buffer-pop-up-frame (inhibit-switch-frame . t))))
> 
> The reuse-window entry seems to reproduce the behaviour of the legacy setting I was using.
> 
> I have added a display-buffer-pop-up-frame entry as per the documentation for display-buffer but it seems to be ignored.
> 
> Is my syntax perhaps incorrect? Maybe there should only be one ".*"?
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, 27 May 2015 15:16:27 UTC+1, Sam Halliday  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have a setup with multiple monitors and when using Emacs I have a frame in each monitor.
> > 
> > I recently asked a question on this list and the solution was to set
> > 
> >   (setq-default display-buffer-reuse-frames t)
> > 
> > so that 'next-error would not popup a new window (when the window was already open in a new frame).
> > 
> > That worked great! I've recently been extending my use of basic emacs commands to include the commands under `C-x 5 ...` (i.e. the "do in the other frame" commands)
> > 
> > However, when I type `C-x 5 b` and select a buffer name, I am expecting the buffer to be shown in the other frame. But instead, the buffer is opened in a new frame.
> > 
> > It would appear that setting 'display-buffer-reuse-frames is not enough to force re-use of existing frames and this function is popping up a new one.
> > 
> > Is there something else I must do to re-use frames? I note that display-buffer-reuse-frames is deprecated, but I'm not entirely sure how to migrate to the new world.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Sam