GNU bug report logs - #79125
quit-window fails to restore window height in a scenario of buffer reuse

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 79125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79125: quit-window fails to restore window height in a scenario of buffer reuse
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:58:04 +0300

>>> Does anybody agree that steps 7 and/or 9 behave suboptimally? Can that be improved?
>> It can be improved but that would be expensive.  'window-prev-buffers'
>> would have to return the height (and possibly the weight) of the window
>> in addition to the start and point positions - that is, we'd have to
>> store five instead of three values per buffer.
>
> That only applies to buffers that were previously displayed in some window,
> right?

Ideally, auto-resizing should be window+buffer-local.
And as soon as switching from the auto-resized buffer
to another buffer in the same window, the original
window height should be restored.

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