I almost always need a single window for everything except completion. In org, I have the following set to do this.
(pushnew '(file . find-file) org-link-frame-setup :test #'equal) (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'delete-other-windows) ;;it might be nice to have a 'dedicated-buffer option (setf org-indirect-buffer-display 'current-window) ;;could make pop kill the buffer ;;;(setf org-display-internal-link-with-indirect-buffer t) But RET on an id link still opens another window. Perhaps that, and all other types of links that open in Emacs, should respect org-link-frame-setup? Another possibility is for org to respect pop-up-windows, thus allowing a single place to express this preference, but ATM I don't remember from a previous thread whether (1) Carsten explicitly decided not to do that, or (2) it had more to do with which function to use to pop up windows. Thanks. P.S. For others with the same need, here is my code for the rest of Emacs. The key variable is pop-up-windows, which fixes it for most of Emacs. There are still a few bugs, but I have most of Emacs behaving now. ;;trying this, but does not work for dired and appt ;;(add-to-list 'same-window-regexps ".*") (add-to-list 'same-window-regexps "\\*Customize.*") ;notwork? (add-to-list 'same-window-regexps "\\*Man .*") ;notwork ;;;(add-to-list 'same-window-regexps ".*.org") ;;non-regexps (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Remember*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Help*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Apropos*") (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Summary*") ;;this fixes it but makes completions not work in lisp and shell. (setf pop-up-windows nil) ;;(defvar alpha-same-window-buffer-names same-window-buffer-names) ;;(defadvice pop-to-buffer (around alpha-one-window first activate) -- Myalgic encephalomyelitis makes you die decades early (Jason et al. 2006) and suffer severely. Conflicts of interest are destroying research. What people "know" is wrong. Silence = death. http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/What_Is_ME_What_Is_CFS.htm _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
