Re: Using key q to quit temporary buffer window

[Emanuel Berg]

uzibalqa wrote:

> Also included (switch-to-buffer bfname) to get
>
> (defun help-show (bfname msg)
>   "Display the output of MSG"

Still not good ...

>   (when (stringp msg)
>     (with-output-to-temp-buffer bfname
>       (switch-to-buffer bfname)
>       (print msg))))
>
> But (switch-to-buffer bfname) replaces the buffer.
> Without it, a new buffer is generated underneath the current
> buffer. All I want is to make the temporary buffer to become
> the current buffer.

`get-buffer-create', then `with-current-buffer', then
`pop-to-buffer'.

See `print-roll-outs' here

  https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/bike.el

for an example.

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