* 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'.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 1f050c6b975..679a724f046 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1848,9 +1848,12 @@ reused.
 *** New option `switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point' to restore a
 window's point when switching buffers.
 
-*** New display action alist entry `no-display-ok' to indicate the
+*** New display action function `display-buffer-no-window' to not
+display the buffer in a window.
+
+*** New display action alist entry `allow-no-window' to indicate the
 caller of `display-buffer' is ready to handle the case of not
-displaying the buffer.
+displaying the buffer in a window.
 
 *** New display action alist entries `window-height' and `window-width'
 specify the size of new windows created by `display-buffer'.