GNU bug report logs - #17809
24.4.50; Completions display

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:12:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Merged with 12618

Found in version 24.2.50

Fixed in version 24.4.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 17809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 17809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17809: 24.4.50; Completions display
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:54:26 +0200

> I tried to do this in bug#17809, but stumbled on the problem
> that resizing the window after filling is not supported
> by display-buffer actions alist.

`display-buffer' obviously expects the buffer to be "ready" at the time
of fitting the window to it.

>> For `with-temp-buffer-window' this means that we would have to fill the
>> buffer either via `temp-buffer-window-show-hook' or in QUIT-FUNCTION.
>
> Maybe filling the buffer is possible in QUIT-FUNCTION, but instead of
> `with-temp-buffer-window', `minibuffer-completion-help' uses
> `with-output-to-temp-buffer' that has no QUIT-FUNCTION arg.

Then `temp-buffer-show-hook' should cut it.

martin
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