bug#64029: closed (30.0.50; info-lookup should respect display-buffer-alist)

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regarding 30.0.50; info-lookup should respect display-buffer-alist
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> 30.0.50; info-lookup should respect display-buffer-alist
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> Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:02:56 +0000
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> Hello :)
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> `info-lookup' (from info-look.el) does not respect `display-buffer-alist'.
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> To reproduce an example, open some buffer in fundamental-mode, evaluate
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>    (setq
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>      '((t (display-buffer-reuse-window display-buffer-same-window))))
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>    C-h S c-mode RET sin RET
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> We'd expect the *info* buffer to be shown in the current window. Instead, a new 
> window is created. This is because info-look.el does neither call 
> display-buffer, nor does it take display-buffer-alist into account by itself:
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> https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/info-look.el?h=605414d018da47f99dec5019142f584b6eb174c8#n395
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> Kindly
> Mekeor
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> Re: bug#64029: 30.0.50; info-lookup should respect display-buffer-alist
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> Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:43:30 +0000
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> 2023-06-13 14:07 eliz@gnu.org:
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> > You should be able to get what you want by customizing the 
> > option info-lookup-other-window-flag to the nil value.
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> > I'm not sure it is reasonable to expect every command to use 
> > display-buffer or its family for every window it displays.
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> Thanks, Eli. In that case I'll just close this issue. Especially 
> since I'm satisfied with info-lookup-other-window-flag. Sorry for 
> the noise. :)
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