GNU bug report logs - #16475
24.3.50; enhancement request: remove vertical scroll bar automatically when not needed

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Message #38 received at 16475 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
Cc: 16475 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rudalics <at> gmx.at
Subject: Re: bug#16475: enhancement request: remove vertical scroll bar
 automatically when not needed
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:07:39 +0300

> Date:  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:03:10 -0700
> From:  Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
> Cc:  16475 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,Martin Rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> 
> The values for window-start and window-end will not necessarily be accurate until somewhere towards the end of redisplay.  A test that relies upon those values to add/remove scroll bars will often fail.

We have the ability to check whether the entire buffer fits in the
window without actually displaying it.  The move_it_to function can be
used for that.

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