bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

[Drew Adams]

emacs -Q
 
Manually resize the frame so that it is only a few lines high.
 
Do almost anything that would normally display another buffer, whether
in the same window or by splitting the window. For example, do C-h f
display buffer or do C-x C-b.
 
You get an error message with the subject line, and no buffer is
displayed. In fact, I tried to send a bug report with the same small
frame size, and the *mail* buffer got filled with (only) the error
message.
 
This is worse than useless, and represents a regression. If the window
cannot be split for some reason, then Emacs should do as it did
before: either use the same window or create a new frame.
 

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-08-29 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
-fno-crossjumping'
 

bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

[martin rudalics]

> emacs -Q
>  
> Manually resize the frame so that it is only a few lines high.
>  
> Do almost anything that would normally display another buffer, whether
> in the same window or by splitting the window. For example, do C-h f
> display buffer or do C-x C-b.
>  
> You get an error message with the subject line, and no buffer is
> displayed. In fact, I tried to send a bug report with the same small
> frame size, and the *mail* buffer got filled with (only) the error
> message.
>  
> This is worse than useless, and represents a regression. If the window
> cannot be split for some reason, then Emacs should do as it did
> before: either use the same window or create a new frame.

Sorry.  I have to wrap this part in a condition-case.  `split-window'
is too severe here.

Thanks for the report!

martin

bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

[martin rudalics]

> Manually resize the frame so that it is only a few lines high.
>  
> Do almost anything that would normally display another buffer, whether
> in the same window or by splitting the window. For example, do C-h f
> display buffer or do C-x C-b.
>  
> You get an error message with the subject line, and no buffer is
> displayed. In fact, I tried to send a bug report with the same small
> frame size, and the *mail* buffer got filled with (only) the error
> message.
>  
> This is worse than useless, and represents a regression. If the window
> cannot be split for some reason, then Emacs should do as it did
> before: either use the same window or create a new frame.

I checked in a fix.  Please try again.

martin

bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

[Drew Adams]

> > Manually resize the frame so that it is only a few lines high.
> >  
> > Do almost anything that would normally display another 
> buffer, whether
> > in the same window or by splitting the window. For example, do C-h f
> > display buffer or do C-x C-b.
> >  
> > You get an error message with the subject line, and no buffer is
> > displayed. In fact, I tried to send a bug report with the same small
> > frame size, and the *mail* buffer got filled with (only) the error
> > message.
> >  
> > This is worse than useless, and represents a regression. If 
> > the window cannot be split for some reason, then Emacs should do as it did
> > before: either use the same window or create a new frame.
> 
> I checked in a fix.  Please try again.

I can't until I get another Windows binary - probably in about a month. But I'm
sure you DTRT - thanks!

bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

[martin rudalics]

 > I can't until I get another Windows binary - probably in about a month. But I'm
 > sure you DTRT - thanks!

Why wait?  All you have to do is put an `and' before the penultimate
line in `window--try-to-split-window' like this (modulo some mangled
tabs):

	       ;; If WINDOW is the only window on its frame and not the
	       ;; minibuffer window, attempt to split it vertically
	       ;; disregarding the value of `split-height-threshold'.
	       (let ((split-height-threshold 0))
		 (and (window--splittable-p window)
		      (split-window window))))))))

martin

bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

[Drew Adams]

Yes, thanks. It works now.  - Drew

> put an `and' before the penultimate line in `window--try-to-split-window'
> like this (modulo some mangled tabs):
> 
> 	       ;; If WINDOW is the only window on its frame and not the
> 	       ;; minibuffer window, attempt to split it vertically
> 	       ;; disregarding the value of `split-height-threshold'.
> 	       (let ((split-height-threshold 0))
> 		 (and (window--splittable-p window)
> 		      (split-window window))))))))

bug#888: marked as done (23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting))

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>
Subject: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:27:53 -0700
Message-ID: <00e801c90eab$2ebdffd0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com>

emacs -Q
 
Manually resize the frame so that it is only a few lines high.
 
Do almost anything that would normally display another buffer, whether
in the same window or by splitting the window. For example, do C-h f
display buffer or do C-x C-b.
 
You get an error message with the subject line, and no buffer is
displayed. In fact, I tried to send a bug report with the same small
frame size, and the *mail* buffer got filled with (only) the error
message.
 
This is worse than useless, and represents a regression. If the window
cannot be split for some reason, then Emacs should do as it did
before: either use the same window or create a new frame.
 

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-08-29 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
-fno-crossjumping'
 




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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: 888-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Cc: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:05:13 +0200
Message-ID: <48C3A759.3080000@gmx.at>

Fixed as

2008-09-05  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>

	* window.el (window--try-to-split-window): Don't split when window
	is not splittable in last disjunct.  (Bug#888)

Thanks