Re: master 18b680cfd1: Fix bug#52467 by adding a new custom variable 'display-comint-buffer-action'

[Sam Steingold]

> * Lars Ingebrigtsen <ynefv@tahf.bet> [2021-12-29 16:00:44 +0100]:
>
> Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>     Fix bug#52467 by adding a new custom variable 
>> 'display-comint-buffer-action'
>>
>>     * lisp/window.el (display-comint-buffer-action): New `defcustom`,
>>     defaults to 'display-buffer-same-window' for backward compatibility.
>
> Others have noted the technical problems with this patch, but as the
> discussion in bug#52467 showed, Emacs already has capabilities for
> customising the behaviour here (via the general display machinery), and
> adding something cross-cutting but specific to the coming-derived modes
> just seems odd to me, so I'd be in favour of reverting this patch.

`display-comint-buffer-action' was my concession to the people who wanted
comint buffers displayed in the same window.

Personally, I would _love_ to kill it and use plain `pop-to-buffer'
everywhere.



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