GNU bug report logs - #45688
28.0.50; New action for display-buffer?

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Message #152 received at 45688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 45688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45688: 28.0.50; New action for display-buffer?
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:38:46 +0200

>> Indeed, better would be to add an option to not resize it by describe-function.
>> Maybe by adding a new option 'after-display-buffer-function' and set it
>> by default to 'shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer' in *Help* buffers?
>
> You can already use a 'window-height' alist entry and set it to
> 'shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer'.  What would an
> 'after-display-buffer-function' option do differently?

The problem is that currently shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
is used in many commands by default, but this behavior is hard-coded
and can't be disabled by customization.  These commands include
help commands,  vc-log, vc-diff, ...

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