From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Inhibit auto buffer split when buffer is already visible? Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:55:45 -0500 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: References: <8dab485d-d3d8-49ef-bdc6-00fd9ed3eaa3@m38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260042070 22861 80.91.229.12 (5 Dec 2009 19:41:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:41:10 +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 Dec 05 20:41:03 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NH0V5-0003RB-1U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:41:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50570 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH0V4-0002ja-FJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:41:02 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!TEKSAVVY.COM-Free-a2kHrUvQQWlmc!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pHAv/ubLBKmwZM04RhrCl9DN0rs= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Trace: a5fa04b1aacb1e0003b4728753 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:175367 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70443 Archived-At: > My usual setup is to have two frames side-by-side and use the left- > hand frame as the main editting window and the right-hand frame as the > secondary and messages window. When I'm editing C code I like to keep > a *compilation* buffer visible on the right. Previously when I did an > M-x compile on the left emacs would only split the left-hand buffer if > the *compilation* buffer was not visible but now (since I upgraded) it > splits the buffer every time so I often end up with *compilation* > shown twice. Can I inhibit this behavior? Try M-x report-emacs-bug to help us improve Emacs, Stefan