[debbugs-tracker] bug#12848: closed (24.2.50; Doc: give an example for a typical entry of `display-buffer-alist')

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typical entry of `display-buffer-alist'
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regarding 24.2.50; Doc: give an example for a typical entry of 
`display-buffer-alist'
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> 24.2.50;	Doc: give an example for a typical entry of `display-buffer-alist'
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> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:50:29 +0100
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> Hello,
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> `display-buffer-alist' entries are quite complex.  OTOH, it's not
> uncommon that a typical user might need it.  We should give an example
> entry, somewhere.
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> Today, I thought: "I want that *Help* is always displayed in a new frame
> when it is not already displayed anywhere".  It took some
> time to figure out what was needed:
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> (add-to-list
>  'display-buffer-alist
>  '("\\`\\*Help\\*\\'" . ; make *Help* pop up in a new frame when not already 
> displayed
>    ((display-buffer-reuse-window display-buffer-pop-up-frame) .
>     ((reusable-frames . t)))))
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> I think something like that should be included as an example somewhere
> in the docs - maybe in the documentation of `display-buffer-alist'
> itself, maybe in the manual.
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> Thanks, and regards,
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> Michael.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.2.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.2)
>  of 2012-11-01 on dex, modified by Debian
>  (emacs-snapshot package, version 2:20121101-1)
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10707000
> System Description:     Debian GNU/Linux testing (wheezy)
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> Configured using:
>  `configure '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host' 'x86_64-linux-gnu'
>  '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib'
>  '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info'
>  '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes'
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> '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.2.50/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.2.50/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp'
>  '--without-compress-info' '--with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/'
>  '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk3' '--with-imagemagick=yes'
>  'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu'
>  'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g
>  -Wl,--as-needed -znocombreloc' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2''
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> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:32:30 +0100
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> > `display-buffer-alist' entries are quite complex.  OTOH, it's not
> > uncommon that a typical user might need it.  We should give an example
> > entry, somewhere.
> >
> > Today, I thought: "I want that *Help* is always displayed in a new frame
> > when it is not already displayed anywhere".  It took some
> > time to figure out what was needed:
> >
> > (add-to-list
> >  'display-buffer-alist
> >  '("\\`\\*Help\\*\\'" . ; make *Help* pop up in a new frame when not already 
> > displayed
> >    ((display-buffer-reuse-window display-buffer-pop-up-frame) .
> >     ((reusable-frames . t)))))
> >
> > I think something like that should be included as an example somewhere
> > in the docs - maybe in the documentation of `display-buffer-alist'
> > itself, maybe in the manual.
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> I tried to provide an example in revision 110885 on the
> Emacs-24 release branch.  Please have a look.
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> Thanks, martin
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