Re: master 8a88f3ed5ae: Add `outline-occur' command and `display-buffer-default-alist' variable

Richard Stallman <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:48:23 -0400
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  > > If this variable is added at some point, would it be good to mark
  > > `display-buffer-overriding-action' as obsolete to avoid enlarging the
  > > precedence list?

I tend to think it is best to keep `display-buffer-overriding-action'
operational forever, to avoid breaking anything.  Is there any actual benefit
to be obtained by getting rid of that?  Or is the only benefit a kind
of notional simplicity?
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