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

From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 10186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10186: 23.3;
	save-some-buffers not making review windows large enough
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:30:55 -0500

on Sat Dec 24 2011, Juri Linkov <juri-AT-jurta.org> wrote:

>> Again we needed some means to specify this via the ALIST argument.
>
> In the same way as we can specify a display action like
>
>   (nil (inhibit-same-window . t))
>
> we could add a new ALIST specifier like
>
>   (nil (inhibit-small-window . t))

IMO it would always be better to err on the side of larger windows by
default if the buffer content doesn't fit entirely in a smaller one.
That is, I'd rather see "inhibit-large-window" if and when it becomes
necessary.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
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