GNU bug report logs - #63455
30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 63455 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 20:54:09 +0300

>> Does your complete patch look like this?
>
> Almost (I had to make 'ediff-setup-windows-plain-compare' do what your
> patch does).  But as I mentioned earlier, you might want to replace
> 'fit-window-to-buffer' with something conditioned on whether the user
> has customized 'temp-buffer-resize-mode' - some users simply might not
> want their windows to auto-resize.

I still don't understand the need to add a new function.
When users don't want their windows to auto-resize,
then they can simply do:

(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
             '("*Help*" nil
               ;; Inhibit resizing Help buffers
               (window-height . nil)))

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