Re: xref and displaying locations in appropriate window or frame

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 01/26/2016 01:05 PM, martin rudalics wrote:

> Back to where we were: ‘pop-to-buffer’ is based on the <= 2 windows per
> frame paradigm.

Why <= 2? Are you saying I should use some different function, after 
applying the dedicated status and switch to the window O?

I thought pop-to-buffer is basically the default choice for displaying a 
buffer when you're not sure which window to use.

>  > Let's say that the lines in X are about half of the frame's width. At
>  > least, that's my usual experience.
>
> The default frame's width?

Of a maximized frame's width. Which is 229 here.

>  >> Then we're back at the initial problem that by default Emacs never
> shows
>  >> more than two windows on a frame :-(
>  >
>  > I suppose so. But its resolution should be orthogonal to what I do.
>
> Sometimes you want the cake and eat it.

Everybody does.

> Ahh, funny.  I never switch back to *Compilation* manually.  I always
> keep it open until I have resolved all issues.  And my grep sidebars
> hardly occupy any space.  I often show two or more greps or searches
> simultaneously.  And whenever I remove a grep sidebar from the frame,
> its buffer gets killed automatically.  I wouldn't remember anyway what I
> needed it for.

I do, sometimes. And maybe the user has their own special subroutine 
which knows which buffer to show and why.