Re: Forcing temporary output particular window

[Elena]

WB wrote:
> Hi,
>
> with a multiply split emacs window, is it possible to (pre)set one
> specific sub-window such that it will display all 'temporary' output
> from things like grep (M-g) and similar ?
>
> I find myself constantly restoring the content of windows which have
> unexpectedly taken the output of such commands - which is very
> distracting.

Just a few minutes ago I discovered the variable `split-window-
preferred-function'.  It can be remapped to a function which returns
the window where a new buffer will be displayed.  Scavenge the
Internet for examples of usage.