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Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?
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Lennart Borgman |
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Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not? |
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Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:58:36 +0100 |
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, martin rudalics <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Make buffer BUFFER-OR-NAME appear in some window but don't select it.
>> BUFFER-OR-NAME must be a buffer or the name of an existing
>> buffer. Return the window chosen to display BUFFER-OR-NAME or
>> nil if no such window is found.
>>
>> I do not understand the last sentence. Could it happen that the buffer
>> is not displayed?
>
> It could happen but it's very unlikely.
>
>> In that case, should not that be an error?
>
> Not really since this might try to display the *Backtrace* buffer :-(
:-(
Does not the error routines do all they can to survive situations like
that? What happens otherwise for example if an error occurs because
the buffer was not displayed?
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, (continued)
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, martin rudalics, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, Lennart Borgman, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, martin rudalics, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, Lennart Borgman, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, martin rudalics, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, Tassilo Horn, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, martin rudalics, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/12/24
Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?, martin rudalics, 2010/12/24
- Re: Does display-buffer display the buffer or not?,
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