[debbugs-tracker] bug#25946: closed (26.0.50; display-buffer ignores ignores reusable-frames in display-buffer-alist)

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> Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:01:43 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Hi there,
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> I fail to get display-buffer-alist working.
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> Recipe starting from 'emacs -Q':
> Eval this expression:
> (customize-set-variable
>  'display-buffer-alist
>  '(("\\*shell\\*"
>     . (display-buffer-pop-up-frame . '((reusable-frames . t))))))
> M-x shell
> A shell frame opens as expected.
> M-x shell
> A new frame is opened, while I expected the existing one to be
> reused.
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> Actually, I'm sure that I do not understand the documentation for
> display-buffer (redirected from display-buffer-alist).  Maybe that
> is a separate bug.
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> In previous versions of Emacs, I used special-display-buffer-names,
> which is obsolete now and points to the variable used above,
> display-buffer-alist.  It would be great if the documentation for
> that variable explained what to do.  In particular, I would like the
> frame to be special/dedicated such that it disappears if the buffer
> is killed.  Is that lack of documentation a separate bug?
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> Best wishes
> Jens
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> In GNU Emacs 26.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d 
> scroll bars)
>  of 2017-02-24 built on debian-8
> Repository revision: 91932fff1ded8ed3b4d39dd06891f26960153b9e
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> Re: bug#25946: 26.0.50; display-buffer ignores ignores reusable-frames in display-buffer-alist
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> >>> (customize-set-variable
> >>>   'display-buffer-alist
> >>>   '(("\\*text\\*"
> >>>      (display-buffer-reuse-window display-buffer-pop-up-frame)
> >>>      (reusable-frames . t))))
> >>>
> >>> (setq display-buffer-mark-dedicated t)
> >>> (setq pop-up-frame-alist (cons '(unsplittable . t) pop-up-frame-alist))
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> >>> (pop-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*text*") t)
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> > Yes, that works for me.
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> >> TeX-recenter-output-buffer could be redefined as follows to get the same
> >> result (according to my tests) without resorting to pop-up-frame-alist:
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> >>     (defun TeX-recenter-output-buffer (line)
> >> [...]
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> > Yes, that also works for me.
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> Thank you for checking.  I'm closing this bug.  If you think that the
> documentation should be improved, please post concrete suggestions or
> (preferably) a patch in a new report.
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> Thanks to everyone involved, martin
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