GNU bug report logs - #33992
27.0.50; xref-find-definitions wastes too much space

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#33992: 27.0.50; xref-find-definitions wastes too much space
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2019 00:08:38 +0300

> I thought that I didn't need to see the list of the xref results and the
> xrefs' window shrank the view of the code I wanted to study.  So, I came
> up with the defun below.  It presents the xref results without showing
> the xref window.  I think this idea can be further developed.
> xref-show--xrefs-buffer could have an 'm' key binding that "minimizes"
> its window by switching to xref-show-xrefs-without-buffer (below) and
> that function can "maximize" back with the same 'm' key.  A customizable
> variable could define the initial behavior.

This looks like good ol' find-tag and tags-loop-continue bound to M-,
with an optional pop-up to the xref buffer by a dedicated key.

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