From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Key bindings for info in other window or frame Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:05:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k3kfmyvz.fsf@gmail.com> <87siz1kn9a.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1374934076 21793 80.91.229.3 (27 Jul 2013 14:07:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:07:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Matthias Meulien Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 27 16:07:57 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V35A4-0000vF-Kq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:07:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43207 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V35A4-00070n-53 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:07:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46663) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3594-0005Vu-4o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:06:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V357K-0007tu-3s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:28918) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V357K-0007th-0g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:05:06 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpZPn/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQVWIxALDiYSFBgNJIgkwS2NH4NrA6R6gV6DE4FT X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpZPn/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQVWIxALDiYSFBgNJIgkwS2NH4NrA6R6gV6DE4FT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="19970592" Original-Received: from 69-165-147-231.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.147.231]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 27 Jul 2013 10:04:59 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3580E62E93; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:05:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87siz1kn9a.fsf@gmail.com> (Matthias Meulien's message of "Fri, 26 Jul 2013 23:46:41 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:162204 Archived-At: >> (...) But what I'm looking for is a C-x 4 command and a C-x 5 command >> which work like prefix keys changing the subsequent command to use a new >> window/frame (presumably using display-buffer-overriding-action). > Here is my 2c. It works as expected with the key bindings `C-x 5 C-h i', > C-x 5 C-x C-b' or `C-x 5 M-x compose-mail' but not with `C-x 5 C-x d' or > C-x 5 M-x gnus'... So I am not sure, I am doing it the right way... Please Why do you use display-buffer-alist rather than display-buffer-overriding-action? Stefan