[ESS-bugs] new buglet: M-x R-2.8.x shows *R-..* buffer in two windows

[Vitalie Spinu]

  >> Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit at gmail.com>
  >> on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:59:54 +0200 wrote:

  >> Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
  >> on Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:03:03 +0200 wrote:

  >> I would like to push it further. Why the new R window covers the
  >> original buffer? For me this is never desirable. How about using
  >> switch-to-buffer and make the window split in 2? This would be consisten
  >> to how our auto start or C-c C-z works.

  MM> Sounds "ok" to me.... (but I'm not 100% sure yet I'd really like it...)

  MM> Be careful to what happens when I   M-x R(-...) inside a  *R*
  MM> buffer where R has died (in my case typically: killed by me via C-c C-q)
  MM> It should restart R in the current buffer, not a new one.

  > We actually had it already implemented. It's inferior-ess-same-window
  > which defaulted to t. I have changed it to nil. It feels better this way
  > as it is consistent with the splitting which we have during the
  > auto-start.

Hm, I have tried it and it feels a bit weired when having several
windows in a frame. Can others also try it out. I am getting slightly
inclined to change this back.
    
    Vitalie