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#7822
24.0.50; `fit-window-to-buffer': take display artefacts into account
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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:15:02 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Found in version 24.0.50
Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
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> > I don't see why _any_ windows should be taken into account.
> > The window for the buffer should be resized to fit the
> > displayed buffer, period. If that is not possible for some
> > reason, then we decide what to do.
>
> Hm. Just because you have to actually do the resizing and that affects
> other windows and a decision has to be made how?
Yes, but that's the last part of what I wrote: "then we decide what to do".
And, a priori at least, that decision is the same anytime a window is resized.
IOW, a priori there is nothing special in that regard about fitting a window to
a buffer.
> > For that decision, I would imagine that we decide the same
> > way we decide now when you try to resize a window to size
> > S and that is not possible. Why is this
> > case any different from other resizing cases?
>
> Do we really have good ways to easily solve this?
I don't know, but that question is a general one and independent of _this_
bug/feature, which is fitting a window to its displayed buffer.
You are bringing in extraneous stuff. Interesting stuff no doubt, but not
specific to fitting a window to its buffer.
> Maybe I am missing something? Perhaps you have some
> specific suggestion for how to do
> this? Which functions do you think supply the needed features?
No I don't. No doubt window experts such as Martin have some ideas and have
already considered the question. My point is that it is outside the scope of
this thread. _Any_ time a window is resized the questions you raise are
pertinent - they have nothing in particular to do with _this_ resizing of a
window.
> > AFAICT, all that's involved here is to determine the
> > desired window size. Beyond that, there should be nothing new.
>
> One little detail of course: It should not delete other windows. (If
> you allow it do delete other windows there are much simpler
> implementations than the one I am suggesting. Much simpler.)
I repeat. I don't see why this resizing is any different from any other window
resizing.
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