From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Roland Winkler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20538: 24.4; Attempt to delete a surrogate minibuffer frame Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 10:11:10 -0500 Message-ID: <27022.80056.898164.21843@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <874mnly25v.fsf@gnu.org> <554F4F64.20604@gmx.at> <46510.69799.372989.21839@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <55507FA7.7020906@gmx.at> <57556.25510.62959.21840@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <5551C998.4040508@gmx.at> <22444.26522.862962.21842@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <5552FDFB.8080500@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431529949 7804 80.91.229.3 (13 May 2015 15:12:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:12:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20538@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 13 17:12:14 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYKU-0000nS-JR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 17:12:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49529 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYKT-00070A-Sj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:12:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34179) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYKP-0006zr-PN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:12:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYKJ-0002hP-47 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:12:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33937) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYKJ-0002hL-1z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:12:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYKI-0000oP-H8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:12:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Roland Winkler" Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20538 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20538-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20538.14315298803021 (code B ref 20538); Wed, 13 May 2015 15:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20538) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 May 2015 15:11:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43912 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYJb-0000ma-30 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:11:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:33536 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYJU-0000mF-B1 for 20538@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:11:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.156.157.22] (port=52043 helo=lukas) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsYJT-00061n-K9; Wed, 13 May 2015 11:11:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5552FDFB.8080500@gmx.at> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:102741 Archived-At: On Wed May 13 2015 martin rudalics wrote: > > How do you use the undocumented function ediff-setup-windows-plain? > > (Could this usage be properly documented?) > > It's an option (a customizable variable). Do > > M-: (require 'ediff) RET > > C-h v RET ediff-window-setup-function RET Thanks - so the option is ediff-window-setup-function. I suggest to give the function ediff-setup-windows-plain a docstring like Set up windows for Ediff in one frame. Useful as value for `ediff-window-setup-function'. Then your previous email telling me only about the function ediff-setup-windows-plain gives an ignorant user like myself already all the info he needs. > > Perhaps the error message could be changed to something like > > > > "Attempt to delete frame with a surrogate minibuffer for frame XYZ" Is the problem with the above that frames do not have selfexplanatory unique names? Oh well, too bad. > Maybe we should say in the documentation of `delete-frame' something > like > > A frame may not be deleted if its minibuffer serves as surrogate > minibuffer for another frame. Yes, thanks, that would be better than the current phrase. If the buzzword "surrogate" appears also in the corresponding section of the elisp manual, I might have never started this thread. Roland