GNU bug report logs - #45072
28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during minibuffer editing

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Message #107 received at 45072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 45072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org,
 Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#45072: 28.0.50; Emacs switches other buffer back
 uncontrollably, if other window's buffer is changed by user during
 minibuffer editing
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:07:42 +0300

* martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> [2020-12-10 14:52]:
> >> All these scenarios are with customizations.  I'm not experienced enough
> >> to tell whether they (can) happen in practice.
> >
> > Do you refer to standard completion in minibuffer that it may be
> > customized to replace a present window with the completion instead of
> > opening new windows?
> >
> > That would be nice as I would like to avoid those jerks when there are
> > 2 horizontal windows and then third one appears for completion jerking
> > both of them up and narrowing those visible windows to almost
> > invisible rendering both of them unusable.
>
> Doesn't it do that already?  Note that here and elsewhere I'm purely
> speculating how application writers and users might tweak things.

That is what I am pointing to, it does not do that what you described,
so descriptions misses the point. They don't apply.

 When I have this window:

  +---------------------+
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  +---------------------+
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |---------------------|
   +--------------------+

Then upon completion it becomes this:

  +---------------------+
  |                     |
  +---------------------+
  |                     |
  +---------------------+
  |                     |
  | completion here     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |---------------------|
  +---------------------+

So the third window appears there. It is not replacement. I would
rather prefer replacement than third window jerking other two up and
rendering them not usable. But that is not subject of this bug report.

> These should be already addressed by my earlier patch.  But Juri meant
> that we have to handle completions windows separately since otherwise
> they may persist.

Thank you, I will try but not ready. My version is days old, need to
upgrade to new version to test the patch.

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