bug#1806: dired-pop-to-buffer in wrong place

[Stefan Monnier]

> What about putting this in `pop-up-windows'?  Possible values are:

> nil           do not allow popping up windows
> 'this         selected window
> 'below                below selected window
> 'below-split  split selected window vertically
> 'right                right of selected window
> 'right-split  split selected window horizontally
> 'bottom               use window near bottom of frame
> 'bottom-split split window near bottom of frame
> t             allow popping up windows

> If an application (like dired) sees that this variable is t (the
> default) it may ask to pop up the window wherever it's most suitable.
> Otherwise, it has to respect the value chosen by the user.  Like

> (let ((pop-up-windows (if (eq pop-up-windows t)
>                         'bottom-split
>                       pop-up-windows)))
>   (display-buffer ...))

But how would the user override this behavior in a way that can depend
on the buffer being shown (i.e. via special-display-buffer-names)?


        Stefan