GNU bug report logs - #24193
25.1; `window-min-size' fails for horizontal width when margins >= body text

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Rankin <hello <at> paulwrankin.com>

Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 09:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 24193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Rankin <hello <at> paulwrankin.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 24193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24193: 25.1;
 `window-min-size' fails for horizontal width when margins >= body text
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:01:59 +1000

martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> 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
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