GNU bug report logs - #62592
Not creating new Tabs with small window

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Message #17 received at 62592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 62592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Benson Chu <bensonchu457 <at> fastmail.com>,
 claudio.grondi <at> freenet.de
Subject: Re: bug#62592: Not creating new Tabs with small window
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:28:46 +0300

>> >> 1. ~ $ emacs -Q
>> >> 2. Menu -> Options -> Show/Hide -> Tab Bar (gives Tab*scratch*)
>> >> 3. resize the Emacs window to a small one, but large enough to show some Tab labels
>> >> 3. 1x click on rightmost * in the Tab Bar to create a new Tab
>> >>
>> >> The bug: No new Tab will be created and the minibuf and*Messages*  show:
>> >>
>> >>    split-window: Window #<window 3 on*Messages*> too small for splitting
>> >
>> > Thanks for the bug report.  It is related to bug#62427 where
>> > we need to find a way to create a new window without using
>> > delete-windows and split-window.
>>
>> Oh, I noticed the same problem in window-state-put too :-(
>> Restoring window states fails with the same error in narrow windows.
>> However, here is a fix.  Eli, is it ok to fix this in emacs-29?
>
> Yes, although I cannot say I'm fond of such kludges.
>
> (I thought Benson Chu was working on a better fix for these problems?)

After bug#62427 was closed, this bug is still reproducible.
The proposed patch remains the same.

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