First foray into display-buffer-alist hacking

init.el

@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ like a dumbass."
                    windmove-swap-states-down))
       (put sym 'repeat-map 'windmove-repeat-map))))
 
-(setup windows
+(setup window
   (require 'acdw-bell)
   (:option use-dialog-box nil
            use-file-dialog nil
@@ -769,6 +769,17 @@ like a dumbass."
                                 (acdw-bell/flash-mode-line
                                  (acdw/system :home)))
            recenter-positions '(top middle bottom))
+
+  ;; from FrostyX:
+  ;; https://github.com/frostyx/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/frostyx.org#window-management
+  (:option display-buffer-alist
+           '(("shell.*" (display-buffer-same-window) ())
+             (".*" (display-buffer-reuse-window
+                    display-buffer-same-window)
+              (reusable-frames . t)))
+           ;; `display-buffer-alist' isn't respected by every command, so we
+           ;; /also/ need to set some of these.
+           Man-notify-method 'pushy)
   
   (tooltip-mode -1))