Re: Some question about display-buffer action functions

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Alternatively, one could make `set-window-dedicated-p' accept
>> a list of names of buffers that may replace the one currently shown in
>> the corresponding window.

Yes, we could generalize it to accept a predicate.

> Well, that would help me, though I don't know if it is a very common
> need.  Dedicated windows do not seem to get much use yet in user code.

I think it's a common-enough case to want to use a window for "this kind
of buffers only" (e.g. *diff* and *vc-diff*, or for *TeX-shell* and
*compilation*).


        Stefan