Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:04:09 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <address@hidden>
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden, 
>  address@hidden
> 
>  > I think, I don't get it.  I mean, except their order, all entries in
>  > (buffer-list) are shared by all emacs frames of the same emacs instance.
>  > So how would I create a frame dedicated to email, one to coding, and so
>  > forth?
> 
> By customizing `special-display-buffer-names' and/or
> `special-display-regexps'.

You don't even need that, for many use-cases: Emacs does TRT
automatically, e.g. "C-x b" will first suggest buffers which were
displayed in the current frame.  For more complex jobs, yes, these
customizations will do the rest.