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Re: Frame for opening rgrep links?


From: Nikolaus Rath
Subject: Re: Frame for opening rgrep links?
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:11:32 -0800
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On 11/09/2014 03:55 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
>>> Sounds like the window for buffer *grep* is a dedicated window.
>>>
>>> Check your values of options `special-display-buffer-names' and
>>> `special-display-regexps'.
>>
>> special-display-buffer-names is a variable defined in `window.el'.
>> Its value is nil
>>
>> special-display-regexps is a variable defined in `window.el'.
>> Its value is nil
>>
>>> Or if you use only option `display-buffer-alist' then check its
>>> value - see the doc for an explanation of this complicated option.
>>> See also the doc of `display-buffer', which you'll need to
>> understand
>>> the doc of `display-buffer-alist' .  Look for an entry that
>>> corresponds by name or regexp etc. to `*grep*' or `*compile*'.
>>
>> I don't seem to have a "display-buffer-alist" option (Emacs 23.4.1).
>>
>> Anything I could look at?
> 
> I should have said to first check whether the window for `*grep*'
> is in fact dedicated.  With your cursor in that window, do this:
> `M-: (window-dedicated-p (selected-window))'.  If it says `t'
> then the window is dedicated; if is says `nil' then it is not.
> 
> Perhaps someone else has another suggestion, if it is not
> dedicated.  If it is, then you will need to look further to find
> out why.

Unfortunately it's nil..



Any other ideas, anyone?


Thanks,
-Nikolaus
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