# Org-roam persistent backlinks sidepane

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-persistent-backlinks-sidepane/484>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 5, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-persistent-backlinks-sidepane/484 "2020-07-05T17:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![moosehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@moosehead](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/moosehead)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-persistent-backlinks-sidepane/484/1 "2020-07-05T17:40:28Z")

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hi,  
i’m new to org-roam, still configging it. i’d like to get a persistent backlinks sidepane working.

C-h v org-roam-buffer-window-paramaters recommends:  
(setq org-roam-buffer-window-parameters '((no-other-window . t)))

but this has no effect for me. is there a better way or sth extra to do with this? it shows up as set in customize.

there’s also also a typo in the above documentation: the ’ before “((no-other-window” is a smart quote (single right).

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**Author:** ![mshevchuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mshevchuk](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/mshevchuk)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-persistent-backlinks-sidepane/484/2 "2020-07-05T21:46:28Z")

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It’s impossible to figure it out what you mean because we are not wizards and cannot read your thoughts. To properly report a bug, or ask for help, please be so kind to adhere to the following:

1. Describe your problem in a specific way, for example

> - I executed `command A` expecting `result X`, instead I got `result Y`.
> - I set `variable V` to `value N` and executed `command B`, and the result was the same as executing `command B` with `variable V` set to `value M`.

1. This is not a teenager chat, so please try your best to write in full sentences and exercise care when spelling words:  
a) less jargon - `configuring` instead of `configging`  
b) follow capitalisation rules of the English language.  
c) refrain from using non-standard abbreviations, better do not use any abbreviations at all.

There is no typo in the docstring, `describe-char` reports the character before `((no-other-window . t))` as `'` — `apostrophe`, codepoint 39.

So what exactly was the effect you were trying to achieve and failed?

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**Author:** ![wilya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@wilya](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/wilya)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-persistent-backlinks-sidepane/484/3 "2020-10-08T15:55:33Z")

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```
(setq org-roam-buffer-window-parameters '((no-delete-other-windows . t)))
```