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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>, SB <progscriptclone@gmail.com>
Cc: 46034@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46034: Feature request: add variable for automatically selecting the apropos window
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:04:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ff3a2b2f-1e9f-15ba-19da-64a7086ed9ba@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfcjbmgj.fsf@mail.linkov.net>

 > I don't know why there is this too specific option 'help-window-select'.

It was added a couple of years before 'display-buffer-alist' was invented.

 > It seems there are many other windows that needs to be customized
 > to select them.  Wouldn't it be more general solution to use
 > display-buffer-alist, maybe with something like:
 >
 > (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*Help\\*" nil (post-display . select-window)))

I'd prefer

(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*Help\\*" nil (select-window . t)))

but might change my mind as soon as you tell us what other values for
post-display you have in mind.

martin





  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-25 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-22 13:02 bug#46034: Feature request: add variable for automatically selecting the apropos window SB
2021-01-23 17:29 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-25 19:04   ` martin rudalics [this message]
2021-01-25 20:14     ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-30 19:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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