Re: [RFC PATCH] Changes to pop-up source buffers

[Kyle Meyer]

Jack Kamm <address@hidden> writes:

> My main motivation was to use my own display-buffer configuration to
> show the source buffer. So I've rewritten the patch to be smaller and
> more conservative, just adding a "plain" option to org-src-window-setup,
> and not changing the implementation of any existing options.  I think
> this is less likely to disrupt existing workflows or introduce
> accidental bugs.
>
> What do you think of using this smaller patch instead?

The more restricted patch is fine by me.

I suppose that to some degree [*] the main benefit of this patch is that
it offers an option that calls quit-restore-window.  For example,
without this patch, you can already configure things with
display-buffer-alist when org-src-window-setup is set to
`current-window'.  Say with

  (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
               '("^\\*Org Src" . (display-buffer-at-bottom)))

On exit, though, the window that was popped up remains.

And that makes me think that the current options that go through a
simple display-buffer-based call (current-window and other-window) would
benefit from calling quit-restore-window like your `plain` option does.
If you agree, perhaps it's worth adding another patch on top that does
that.

[*] "to some degree" because the option added by your patch has the
    advantage that it'd work with display-buffer-base-action too.  Plus,
    I think it's good to have a dedicated option that points to
    display-buffer-alist/display-buffer-base-action.

> As an aside, in case we do decide to re-implement some of the display
> options, now or in future, I did have a slight discrepancy from the
> behavior you describe for split-window-right:
>
>> Quickly testing, this has a slight change in behavior.  If there is
>> already a window below the current Org buffer window, the new source
>> window will be popped up below the _other_ window rather than the Org
>> buffer.  I think this could be fixed (and the code in general
>> simplified) by using display-buffer-below-selected.
>
> On my own system, the window pops up below the existing Org buffer, even
> if I have several existing horizontal splits. I'm not sure why.

Hmm, weird.  I tried again (Emacs 26.3, vanilla config) and still see
the behavior I reported.  Oh well.

> Subject: [PATCH] org-src: Add option 'plain to org-src-window-setup
>
> * lisp/org-src.el (org-src-window-setup): Add option 'plain for
> org-src-window-setup, that uses vanilla display-buffer to show the
> source window.

My only minor nitpick is that, in the places you write “'plain”, it be
more common to drop the leading quote, as `plain' and ~plain~ already
suggest a symbol.  (No need to reroll for that if no one else requests
changes; I'll touch it up when applying.)

I'll wait another day or so for others to comment before applying.

Thanks.