How do I control whether the output buffer *Compile* of M-x compile will be shown
?
My problem is that the compilation buffer is opened in an existing window that I want to leave unchanged for other content.
AFAICT, this behaviour is controlled by display-buffer.
The command I was looking for was display-buffer-in-direction. My desire use was
(setq display-buffer-alist
`((,(rx bos
(| (literal "*compilation")
(literal "*shell")
(literal "*eshell")
(literal "*Compile-Log")))
display-buffer-in-direction
(window . ;reference window
t) ;either `t' (selected window), `main', `root', or an arbitrary valid window
(direction .
below) ;`below' (window) or `bottom' (of frame)
(window-height . 0.33) ;absolute (10) or relative (0.3)
)))