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28.0.50; [PATCH] Fix ediff3 with window-combinaison-resize

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Trust me I am a Doctor <pillule <at> riseup.net>, 49277 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49277: 28.0.50; [PATCH] Fix ediff3 with
 window-combinaison-resize
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:37:46 +0200

> I have a bug when calling ediff3, the layout is not a balanced.
>
> Ultimately I found that combining this settings were the culprit :
>
> (setq window-combination-resize t
>        even-window-sizes nil)
>
> ;; you can test it with eg :
> (setq default-directory "/home/user")
> (ediff3 ".bashrc"
>          ".bash_history"
>          ".bash_logout")
>
> Removing the manual resizing when splitting windows and relying rather
> on 'window-combinaison-resize' to balance the layout, solve the issue.

I think we can easily do that but it does not handle the

(setq window-combination-resize t
      even-window-sizes nil
      ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain)

case here.  Shouldn't we fix that too?

Thanks, martin

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