GNU bug report logs - #4914
completions - remove window after use?

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>, 4914 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4914: completions - remove window after use?
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:25 +0100

> When reverting to revision e78283bb (Tue Aug 18, just before
> minibuffer-hide-completions was introduced), the problem goes away and
> the *Completions* buffer continuous to be shown in the extra window.
> I think it's now burying the buffer, but doesn't delete the window.

I wasn't aware of that.  Is the new behavior anywhere documented?

> Again, the desired behavior would be to remove windows (or frames)
> that were created to display the *Completions* buffer rather than to
> leave them visible.

Deleting the window isn't necessarily the right thing either - think of
the case where displaying the *completions* buffer reuses an existing
window instead of popping up a new one.  I'm currently experimenting
with a generic solution for this problem.

martin

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