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bug#6204: vc-dir always splits the frame


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: bug#6204: vc-dir always splits the frame
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 20:55:22 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> There are simpler options `same-window-buffer-names' and
> `same-window-regexps' that are very easy to understand
> (a simple list of window names).

I hate those for 2 reasons:
- they're very limited (can't be used to say "always in another window",
  or "maybe not the same window, but at least the same frame", ...).
- they're currently abused by elisp code.

>> (or, worse, permanently adding its buffer names to it)
> This is a legitimate way for an application to define
> its default behavior.  Look for example at:
> ;;;###autoload (add-hook 'same-window-regexps "\\*info\\*\\(\\|<[0-9]+>\\)")

This is exactly the kind of evil I don't want: such variables should
only ever be modified by the user.  And `add-hook' is an abuse here as
well since same-window-regexps is not a hook.


        Stefan





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