GNU bug report logs - #4534
assertion failure at window.c:grow_mini_window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 4534 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4534: assertion failure at window.c:grow_mini_window
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:41:24 +0200

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 14:21, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> wrote:

> Would writing
>
>              if (height > WINDOW_TOTAL_LINES (w))
>                {
>                  freeze_window_starts (f, 1);
>                  grow_mini_window (w, height - WINDOW_TOTAL_LINES (w));
>                }
>
> instead do better?

In my case, height < WINDOW_TOTAL_LINES (w) at that point (that's what
triggers the xassert), so adding the above check works exactly like
removing the if() altogether: it does not crash, but it does not
shrink the minibuffer to 5 lines, which would be the correct height.

    Juanma
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