[ESS] pop-up-frames and opening windows

Stephen Eglen S.J.Eglen at damtp.cam.ac.uk
Thu Sep 1 19:50:36 CEST 2005


hi David,

 > But you should use it nevertheless, because that's the official API.  
 > info-goto-node is not, as developer notes (admittedly hidden in a  
 > comment) where the function is defined:
 > 
 > ;; Go to an Info node specified with a filename-and-nodename string
 > ;; of the sort that is found in pointers in nodes.
 > 
 > ;; Don't autoload this function: the correct entry point for other  
 > packages
 > ;; to use is `info'.  --Stef
 > ;; ;;;###autoload
 > (defun Info-goto-node (nodename &optional fork)

Ok, yes, I think it would be good then if we stuck to the API.

 > If you absolutely insist on splitting the window, here is an option  
 > that might do the job in a more compliant way:
 > 
 > (defun ess-goto-info (node)
 >     "Display node NODE from ess-mode info."
 >     (require 'info)
 >     (let ((pop-up-windows t))
 >         (info (concat "(ess)" node))))

If we add this, does it solve your problem when you have everything in
its own frame?  

Stephen




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