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RE: limiting special buffers to dedicated frames


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: limiting special buffers to dedicated frames
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 15:16:27 -0700

> I'd like to have dedicated emacs frames for special buffers.
> 
> Let's say all *info* and help buffers always opening in a special
> "Help" frame with predefined geometry.
> 
> Switching to these buffers should also raise these frames.
> Think of how other Applications show helpcontent on F1, they raise
> another (X-) window.
> 
> I was trying
>      (setq special-display-buffer-names
>            '("*info*"))
> but without success...

I do exactly that: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/OneOnOneEmacs.

If you don't like exactly the same thing out-of-the-box, looking at the code
might nevertheless help you get what you want.






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