Re: pop-to-buffer and friends new behavior or bug?

[Thierry Volpiatto]

martin rudalics <address@hidden> writes:

> OK.  I managed to reproduce the behavior now.  It's due to a silly bug
> in `display-buffer-pop-up-window'.  I'll install a fix soon.
Nice thanks.

>> +---------------------------+
>> |                           |
>> | anything-current-buffer   |
>> | (the window to display    |
>> |  persistent action result)| In this case the result of
>> +---------------------------+ describe-function.
>> |                           |
>> | anything-buffer           |
>> | (selected window)         |
>> |                           |
>> +---------------------------+
>> | minibuffer                |
>> +---------------------------+
>
> I can't follow you here.  When I invoke C-z the window showing the
> anything-current-buffer becomess the selected window.  That seems
> intentional - because *Help* is by default shown in the selected window
> and `describe-function' shows the result in that buffer.
Yes it is intentional.
  
> If a user changes that setting, this mechanism won't work as intended.
Which different setting a user could use here for example?
pop-up-frames?
(i mean for displaying help buffer.)

> Or am I missing something?
No you're right here, maybe my explanation was bad.

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