Re: 8.1.0 doesn't seem to handle multiple frames right anymore

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From: blueman
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:21

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blueman <NOSPAM@nospam.com> writes:
> blueman <NOSPAM@nospam.com> writes:
>
>> Before, even with multiple emacsclients, vm knew to always keep the summary
>> buffer and the presentation buffer in the same client.
>>
>> Now 8.1.0 seems to do the opposite. It preferentially uses the entire
>> screen for the summary buffer and leaves the presentation buffer open on
>> another emacsclient instance (and vica-versa). To get them back on a
>> single screen, I need to manually split the screen and then manually
>> switch buffers.
>>
>> Perhaps there is some new vm variable that causes this behavior but if
>> so the default behavior should not be changed without documentation.
>>
>> This is *extremely* annoying.
>
> Actually even worse, if I call 'vm' and the 'vm' buffer is open in
> another (hidden) emacsclient terminal, the the 'vm' buffer doesn't open
> up in my current terminal. Presumably someone has removed a line that
> pops to the vm-buffer....

OK - I figured out the problem.
I need to set vm-search-other-frames to nil

Not sure what changed in my config because I hadn't noticed this problem
before -- but good to know there is a variable that solves this...

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From: blueman <NOSPAM@nospam.com>
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Subject: Re: 8.1.0 doesn't seem to handle multiple frames right anymore
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