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 #35 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: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:17:40 +0200

>> (1) Get the buffer ready in BODY.
>>
>> (2) Display it in `internal-temp-output-buffer-show'.
>>
>> (3) Fill it in `temp-buffer-show-hook'.
>
> This is possible, but then (window-height . fit-window-to-buffer)
> is called on an empty buffer.

Then the function called in (3) should do `fit-window-to-buffer' when
it's done with filling.

> I found a way to achieve a good result by calling
> `with-output-to-temp-buffer' twice: first with
> empty body that displays the buffer, and the second call
> finds the displayed window, fills it, and calls
> (window-height . fit-window-to-buffer) at the end:

This sounds abusive.  And note that `display-buffer-base-action' is
a user variable.

martin
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