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

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 10186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10186: 23.3;	save-some-buffers not making review windows
	large enough
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:56:01 +0100

> `M-x save-some-buffers' offers to let me review my files (or their
> diffs) before saving them with, but very often the window I'm given in
> which to do the review is pitifully small and really inadequate.

The window has the size provided by `display-buffer'.  What are your
values of `split-height-threshold' and `split-width-threshold'?

> Not
> only that, but there's basically no way (at least none that I can find)
> to scroll the window and reveal useful information.

Setting `enable-recursive-minibuffers' to a non-nil value should allow
to do that.

martin
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