bug#16767: 24.3.50; `C-x 5 b' for special-display buffers

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:

> C-x 5 b with `special-display-regexps' customized in a way that matches
> the name of the buffer to switch to, behaves as advertised.  In the case
> at hand, it assumes that if *scratch* already appears in a window,
> *scratch* has been "displayed specially" in that window and consequently
> reuses that window as prescribed.  Popping up a separate window or frame
> for *scratch* would be wrong.

Yes, I think that sounds correct to me.

> Concluding: This is "not a bug" and all statements made in the original
> report are based on a misunderstanding of the now obsolete concept of
> the special display of buffers.  It's probably about time to remove that
> code from base.

It was made obsolete in 24.3...  how far have we gotten in removing
obsolete things now?  23.x?  So perhaps we should start removing 24.x
things in the Emacs 29 cycle.

Anyway, since this seems like it's working as designed, I'm closing this
bug report.

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