Subject: Re: bug#24193: 25.1; `window-min-size' fails for horizontal width when margins >= body text

From: Paul Rankin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:01:59 +1000

martin rudalics <[email-masked]> on Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:49 +0200:
> Correct.  The Elisp manual states
>
> [...]
>
> If you want to make a smaller window you have to explicitly specify
> its size:
>
> (defun split-window-right-ignore (&optional size)   (interactive) (split-window-
> right (or size (/ (window-total-width) 2))))
>
> (define-key ctl-x-map "3" 'split-window-right-ignore)

The bug is not necessarily with `window-min-size' rather with the on-
flow effect it has on C-x 3 `split-window-right', which needs to work
reliably for users without resorting to writing elisp.

This is already having real-life negative effects. See
https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti/issues/12