Re: Recommended way to make pop-to-buffer use the current window?

[Stefan Monnier]

You can let-bind `display-buffer-overriding-action` for that (it was
added specifically for those kinds of situations).


        Stefan


I think you can use the `other-frame-window` package for that.

Eduardo Ochs [2021-07-16 01:05:43] wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> what is the recommended way to create a wrapper around a function that
> uses `pop-to-buffer' to make it use the current window to display its
> buffer? I am asking because I want to add support for shortdoc to eev...
> If I run this
>
>   (shortdoc-display-group 'alist)
>
> in a two-window setting in which the selected window is the one at the
> left then the buffer "*Shortdoc alist*" appears in the right window,
> and the selected window becomes the one at the right...
>
> ...and I would like to create a function that can be called like this,
>
>   (find-shortdoc 'alist)
>
> that would work like `shortdoc-display-group' but that would never
> change the window setting and that would always use the current window
> to shortdoc buffer...
>
> If anyone is curious about why eev needs this, there is more info here:
>
>   http://angg.twu.net/eev-intros/find-here-links-intro.html#2
>   (find-here-links-intro "2. \"Here\"")
>
>   http://angg.twu.net/eev-intros/find-eev-quick-intro.html#3
>   (find-eev-quick-intro "3. Elisp hyperlinks")
>
> Thanks in advance,
>   Eduardo Ochs
>   http://angg.twu.net/#eev