GNU bug report logs - #10186
23.3; save-some-buffers not making review windows large enough

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:09:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 23.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 10186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>, 10186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10186: 23.3;
	save-some-buffers not making review windows large enough
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:51:38 +0200

>> No, my frame is huge.  The problem is that it is already divided up,
>> including a small window that sometimes/often gets chosen by Emacs for
>> display-buffer.
>
> This happens because `display-buffer-use-some-window' tries the least
> recently used window first.  If that window happens to be small ...
>
> In any case this sounds like a more general problem with your setup so
> maybe something like the following would help

This is a more general problem for many users.  It was discussed
in bug#10040 (also mentioned in bug#3419).  I think there should a rule
for display-buffer to skip small windows.
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