Amol Vaidya <amolvaidya06@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm curious, then, why would what I've done in Test 2 nor corral it?
>
> (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*CAPTURE*"
> (display-buffer-same-window)))

Oops. I missed that part.

It does not work for very simple reason - "\\*CAPTURE*" regexp does not
match buffer name of the capture buffer.

Try
(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("CAPTURE" display-buffer-same-window))

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