GNU bug report logs - #22009
Inconsistent handling of window splitting with margins

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:08:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #74 received at 22009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22009: PATCH: Use `window-total-width' in
 `window-splittable-p'
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:31:00 +0100

On Tue, Dec 01 2015, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>
>> Cc: 22009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:59:36 +0100
>> 
>> > The only way is
>> > to ask the modes themselves, or provide a hook for them to override
>> > the decision.
>> 
>> I'm not sure that would be able to handle cases where different modes
>> use the margins for different purposes.
>
> I think this is the actual challenge in this bug report: design a way
> that would make it possible.

Yes. We discussed a possible way of doing this in the thread on
emacs-devel. I'll start a new thread there with a summary of the issues
and a proposal on how to solve them.

-- 
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
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