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27.0.50; minibuffer-scroll-other-window with multiple frames

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From: nvp <noah.v.peart <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 38502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38502: 27.0.50; minibuffer-scroll-other-window with multiple frames
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 18:23:52 -0500

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> be my first guess as a way to reverse a scroll, and it is also how C-M-v
is already reversed.

On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 6:22 PM nvp <noah.v.peart <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> > Try with 'temp-buffer-resize-mode' enabled
> Thankyou Martin, I was unaware of this and it does seem useful -- will
> investigate further.
>
> > Maybe <backtab> and S-TAB should do this.
> To me, this does seem like a good idea.  The reasons being:
> 1) this would be my first natural guess to reverse a scroll, possibly from
> muscle memory coming
> from shift-tabbing between tabs (eg. browswers), which I think might be
> rather ubiquitous (speculation)
> 2) it is similar to the addition of S to C-M-v nomal scrollers
>
> be my first guess as a way to reverse a scroll, and it is also how C-M-v
> is already reversed.
>
> > pops up and switches to the completion window, whereas
> >
> >     M-: (mak
> >     M-v
> >
> > doesn't.  Should it?
>
> I  think it should, as M-v doesn't seem to have any use in the minibuffer
> there AFAICT.
>
> Thankyou !!!
>
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 5:20 PM Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> wrote:
>
>> tags 38502 fixed
>> close 38502 27.0.50
>> quit
>>
>> >> C-v and M-v should scroll 'minibuffer-selected-window', but
>> >> C-M-v should scroll the other window from 'minibuffer-selected-window'
>> >> like it does now.  But maybe this should be configurable?
>> >>
>> >> Is there a variable/function with a name like
>> 'minibuffer-selected-other-window'
>> >> that gives an other window to scroll with C-M-v from the minibuffer or
>> >> from the window defined by 'minibuffer-selected-window'?
>> >
>> > 'other-window-for-scrolling' tries to dynamically find a window that
>> > shows 'other-window-scroll-buffer'.  So it's the latter we would
>> > probably have to set.
>>
>> I see.  So this is fixed now.
>>
>

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