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

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Message #35 received at 79125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>, 79125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#79125: quit-window fails to restore window height in a
 scenario of buffer reuse
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:45:26 +0200

>> 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?

Yes.

> Might not affect the total memory use much.

Not much likely.  I can try to do it if other attempts to fix this
behavior fail.

martin

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