GNU bug report logs - #33254
26.1.50; Fixed-size windows break 'balance-windows'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 10:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: npostavs <at> gmail.com

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 33254 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 33254 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33254: 26.1.50; Fixed-size windows break 'balance-windows'
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 17:53:09 +0200

> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 10:33:30 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: 33254 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> This bug was hiding another one which is already mentioned in a
> comment as
> 
>      ;; How can we be sure that `number-of-children' is NOT zero here ?
> 
> and in fact making all windows fixed-size would make 'balance-windows'
> fail with an arithmetic error.  So the fix is slightly more involved
> and I'd rather save that one for master.

I obviously agree.

Thanks.
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