* lisp/window.el (display-buffer-no-window): New action function.

(display-buffer-alist, display-buffer): Doc fix.  (Bug#13594)

* lisp/simple.el (shell-command): Add window alist entry `allow-no-window'
to `display-buffer'.
(async-shell-command): Doc fix.

* lisp/progmodes/compile.el (compilation-start): Rename window alist
entry `no-display-ok' to `allow-no-window'.

* doc/lispref/windows.texi (Choosing Window): Rename `no-display-ok' to
`allow-no-window'.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index cd94a72f77d..92335dc616d 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-03  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
+
+        * windows.texi (Choosing Window): Rename `no-display-ok' to
+        `allow-no-window'.  (Bug#13594)
+
 2013-11-30  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * Makefile.in (distclean): Remove Makefile.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/windows.texi b/doc/lispref/windows.texi
index 8f592dfebb3..661860025f3 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/windows.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/windows.texi
@@ -1843,9 +1843,9 @@ The constant @code{display-buffer-fallback-action}.
 Each action function is called in turn, passing the buffer as the
 first argument and the combined action alist as the second argument,
 until one of the functions returns non-@code{nil}.  The caller can
-pass @code{(no-display-ok . t)} as an element of the action alist to
+pass @code{(allow-no-window . t)} as an element of the action alist to
 indicate its readiness to handle the case of not displaying the
-buffer.
+buffer in a window.
 
 The argument @var{action} can also have a non-@code{nil}, non-list
 value.  This has the special meaning that the buffer should be