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Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70213: closed (Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue)
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 15:07:01 +0000

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From: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
To: Emacs Bugs Mailing List <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:57:13 -0700

With emacs -Q on 29, evaluate:

(setq display-buffer-alist
      '(((derived-mode . Info-mode)
         display-buffer-in-side-window
         (side . right)
         (window-width . fit-window-to-buffer))))

Then press C-h i

Expected: Info-mode buffer pops up in right side window.

Actual: Info-mode buffer pops up in full frame.

At this point, pressing C-h i once more does open a right side window.

I haven't been able to reproduce this this issue with any other mode.

Thanks!

Joseph

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From: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 70213-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70213: Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:04:28 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> tags 70213 notabug
> thanks
>
>> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:57:13 -0700
>> From:  Joseph Turner via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>>
>> With emacs -Q on 29, evaluate:
>>
>> (setq display-buffer-alist
>>       '(((derived-mode . Info-mode)
>>          display-buffer-in-side-window
>>          (side . right)
>>          (window-width . fit-window-to-buffer))))
>>
>> Then press C-h i
>>
>> Expected: Info-mode buffer pops up in right side window.
>>
>> Actual: Info-mode buffer pops up in full frame.
>>
>> At this point, pressing C-h i once more does open a right side window.
>>
>> I haven't been able to reproduce this this issue with any other mode.
>
> I'm not interested in fixing this: Info is not intended to be run in a
> side window.  For starters, the text of an Info file is not meant to
> be displayed in narrow windows, and will look ugly at best.
>
> Don't do that!

Okay, closing now.  What I had been doing is setting the side window with
to 80 columns, which is plenty of space for most Info files.

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