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bug#20020: 25.0.50; `info-display-manual' should reuse existing window w
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Juri Linkov |
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bug#20020: 25.0.50; `info-display-manual' should reuse existing window where buffer is displayed |
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Wed, 09 Oct 2019 23:38:01 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> In my case, Info buffers (*info* and *info<N>*) are in dedicated
>> windows. I expect `info-display-manual' to select such an existing
>> window. That is, if the Calc manual is already displayed in an Info
>> buffer and I use `M-x info-display-manual' from some other buffer, I
>> expect the existing window showing that manual to be selected (and its
>> frame raised and focused, if necessary).
>>
>> Instead, `info-display-manual' displays the manual in the same window
>> where I invoke it, resulting in two windows (and frames in my case)
>> showing the same Info manual.
>
> Makes sense. I've now done this in Emacs 27, but while writing the
> code, it struck me that there has to be a ready-made function for this
> somewhere already. I had a peek through the plethora of
> switch-to/pop-to functions, but I didn't find anything that did exactly
> this...
>
> Does anybody know? In short: If there's a window that has the buffer,
> then that window should be selected, and its frame popped to the top
> (and given focus). If not, it should work like `switch-to-buffer'.
I'm not sure, maybe Martin could confirm this, but very likely
you can use display-buffer-reuse-window here.
bug#20020: 25.0.50; `info-display-manual' should reuse existing window where buffer is displayed,
Juri Linkov <=