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

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Message #66 received at 70213 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>,
 70213 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#70213: Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:53:00 -0700

martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:

>>> In emacs -Q on master after Jan 6 patch, eval this:
>>
>> Maybe Martin could help to solve this problem (Cc-ed).
>>
>>> (progn
>>>    (setq fit-window-to-buffer-horizontally t)
>>>
>>>    (setq display-buffer-alist
>>>          '(((derived-mode . Info-mode)
>>>             display-buffer-in-side-window
>>>             (side . right)
>>>             (window-width . fit-window-to-buffer))
>>> 	  ((derived-mode . messages-buffer-mode)
>>>             display-buffer-in-side-window
>>>             (side . right)
>>>             (window-width . fit-window-to-buffer)))))
>
> At the time we call 'fit-window-to-buffer' the buffer is empty so we
> show only 'window-min-width' columns.  Don't we have 'body-function' for
> that?

Thanks for the review!  We have the same understanding of the issue.

What do you mean by 'body-function'?

>>> I would expect the *info* window to fit to the buffer contents
>>> when it first appears.  The patch I sent earlier fixes this.
>
> That patch is
>
> Display-buffer-after-ensuring-it-contains-text.patch

> IIUC.  It already explains the problem in its name and does look good to
> me.

Thanks for the review!  Stephen, Juri, Eli, WDYT?

Joseph

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