Get emacs to open customize-group windows in -other-window

I want to force emacs to always open customize-group wind开发者_如何学Goows in -other-window.

Is this possible?

You said:

I know about that function. But clicking on customize in the menu runs customize-group not customize-group-other-window. I want customize-group to be an alias for customize-group-other-window –- MDCore Sep 30 '10 at 9:23

If that is really what you want then just do it:

(defalias 'customize-group 'customize-group-other-window)

But I would guess that you don't really want to alias the commands, but rather you just want to remap the key bindings. If that is the case, this is the answer:

(global-set-key [remap customize-group] 'customize-group-other-window)

That remaps all "keys" that were bound to customize-group, including menu item Options > Customize > Customize Group, to command customize-group-other-window.

There is a special function for this:

customize-group-other-window is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `cus-edit.el'.

(customize-group-other-window &optional GROUP)

Customize GROUP, which must be a customization group, in another window.

Look at special-display-regexps.

There are a couple options that might work:

1. Specify an entry like (REGEXP FRAME-PARAMETERS) with (same-frame . t). I don't know if this will necessarily use a different window (in contrast to (same-window . t)).

2. Specify an entry like (REGEXP FUNCTION OTHER-ARGS) where the FUNCTION argument is customize-group-other-window. It's normally used with a new frame, so you might have to play with the special-display-function too.

If you use a dedicated window for *Help* then clicking the Customize link will always use another window.