From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why should it be so hard to tell find-dired to use a different window?
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:52:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvva6yzyyw.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m11s9n474p.fsf@gmail.com
> I’m surprised that it works this way? Does this bother anybody else?
I've been in this fight for a long time, but since I don't use
find-fired, I haven't bumped into this problem.
> Like, I could imagine an alternate world where that call to
> `switch-to-buffer' could be replaced with something as heavy-handed as …
>
> (pop-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Find*") '(display-buffer-same-window
> (inhibit-same-window)))
There's pop-to-buffer-same-window.
> Is there any particular reason to keep using switch-to-buffer here?
AFAIK the only reason is history,
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-21 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-21 7:55 Why should it be so hard to tell find-dired to use a different window? Trevor Murphy
2018-09-21 14:52 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2018-09-22 14:25 ` Stephen Leake
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2018-09-23 0:20 Trevor Murphy
2018-09-29 6:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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