GNU bug report logs - #44483
27.1.50; Window parameter `min-margins' doesn't split window in half

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 14:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1.50

Fixed in version 27.2

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 44483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 44483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44483: 27.1.50; Window parameter `min-margins' doesn't
 split window in half
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:36:41 +0100
On Fri, Nov 06 2020, martin rudalics wrote:
> The problem is that when we split the original window, the new window
> does not get its 'min-margins' parameter set and the subsequent
> sanitizing step screws up things.  Please try the attached patch.

Yes, the patch appears to work. After applying it, splitting a window gives me a
50/50 split. (I tried several times.)

> And please look also into what happens when you shrink a frame with such
> large margins to a size that won't accommodate those margins any more
> unless they get shrunk.  I'm afraid that the subsequent sanitizing step
> might cause troubles there as well.

I'm not seeing anything unexpected here, but I'm not sure what I should be
looking at.

-- 
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments




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