Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You shouldn't consider these [temporary] buffers a problem.
You're right, I really shouldn't. I'm mostly over it these days.
Midnight mode helps, too.
> Finding "the right way" to remove a temporary buffer from the screen
> is a very hard problem. Nobody has ever proposed a solution that
> really is right all the time, or even nearly all the time.
> View mode has tried to implement one, but it too has problems.
Granted, but I'm not trying to debate "the right way" to remove a
temporary buffer from the screen. I'm proposing that when a temporary
buffer is killed, TRYING to also remove the associated window might in
itself be the right thing.
The actual algorithm to do this is already in place; it has seen heavy
use by View mode and descendants. In that case, it's just a matter of
invoking it as a response to `C-x k' as well as to `q' key presses.
(add-hook 'help-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(make-local-hook 'kill-buffer-hook)
(add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'View-leave t t)))
> I don't want to spend time on thinking about it because I think it
> is unlikely to get anywhere.
To be honest, I'm growing less and less confident myself that it would
be the best default behavior. While many people would definitely find
it convenient, I suspect others would just be confused or annoyed.
--
Daniel Brockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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