GNU bug report logs - #3366
23.0.94; doc of split-window-preferred-function, display-buffer, etc.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 17:05:06 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 3366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3366: 23.0.94; doc of split-window-preferred-function, display-buffer, etc.
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:39:54 -0400

>>> Also `display-buffer' should call `split-window-preferred-function' at
>>> most once.  Calling it with the largest and the LRU window (which may
>>> designate one and the same window) appears merely disconcerting.
>> 
>> Agreed.  I have no idea why it's called several times as of now.
>> It clearly isn't due to backward compatibility since this is new in
>> Emacs 23.

> It is due to backward compatibility.  The only new thing here is that
> `split-window-preferred-function' can decide whether and how to split
> the window.  If it returns nil for the first call it will be called a
> second time, though.

Huh?  Emacs-22 does not have `split-window-preferred-function', so
I can't see how backward compatibility comes into the picture.


        Stefan
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