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Use display-buffer-in-direction for completion-like windows

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, 35592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35592: Use display-buffer-in-direction for completion-like windows
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 10:14:31 +0200

> This could be fixed by using something like:
>
> (display-buffer "*Marked Processes*"
>    '((display-buffer-in-direction)
>      (direction . bottom)
>      (window . main)
>      (window-height . fit-window-to-buffer)))
>
> The same would be useful also for Widget using e.g.
>
> diff --git a/lisp/wid-edit.el b/lisp/wid-edit.el
> index b9f98cdc4c..b077299c0e 100644
> --- a/lisp/wid-edit.el
> +++ b/lisp/wid-edit.el
> @@ -252,7 +252,11 @@ widget-choose
>   	   (define-key map [?\M--] 'negative-argument)
>   	   (save-window-excursion
>   	     (let ((buf (get-buffer " widget-choose")))
> -	       (fit-window-to-buffer (display-buffer buf))
> +	       (display-buffer
> +		buf
> +		'(display-buffer-in-direction
> +		  (direction main bottom)
> +		  (window-height . fit-window-to-buffer)))
>   	       (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t)
>   		     (arg 1))
>                    (while (not value)

Would these work despite of the 'fit-window-to-buffer' problem you
reported earlier?

martin

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