From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15961: 24.3.50; display-buffer-at-bottom not at bottom Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:10:56 +0100 Message-ID: <5291D0B0.6020109@gmx.at> References: <87bo1a3cxo.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385287938 25705 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2013 10:12:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15961@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 24 11:12:22 2013 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 1VkWfs-00079X-Eq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:12:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46643 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkWfs-00085j-14 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:12:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44527) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkWfi-00085R-8Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:12:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkWfa-0002o2-Sn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:12:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55809) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkWfa-0002ny-Oi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VkWfa-0002fX-GH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:12:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15961 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15961-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15961.138528787110202 (code B ref 15961); Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15961) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2013 10:11:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41595 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VkWek-0002eU-NL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:11:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:65521) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VkWej-0002eH-6c for 15961@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:11:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.47.38.99] ([62.47.38.99]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MDn8s-1Vso6j1Gne-00H9Bi for <15961@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:11:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87bo1a3cxo.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:dCJFwLBz9W9BAQTdXvED/WiGReY3Iy17VIwsvav655mMK+oscvI FmvI2XmiAdbINdepjorbJ0/5yaLd+fdloldiTiBisA9Y2D4OiNIefK/KAR1vYy8Kg7kpTZP GANNmPt2elggdr9yPIkkCBkxjniwssJmXGhyn8f5qLQwLV3sdoK4aX2rqtdZ7vGZ3yqCeA4 WxXCn/sJWZ0JOMpwdPzqQ== 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:80897 Archived-At: > In emacs -Q that is wide enough to contain two side-by-side windows > in the *scratch* buffer evaluate: > > (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\*Completions\\*" display-buffer-at-bottom (nil))) > > (display-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Completions*")) > > The *Completions* window is displayed to the right from the *scratch* window, > not below. Strictly spoken, the new window also appears at the bottom of the frame ;-) An obvious solution to do what you mean is to bind `split-width-threshold' to nil in `display-buffer-at-bottom' as (let (split-width-threshold) (setq window (window--try-to-split-window bottom-window alist))) But this should be better done _around_ calling `display-buffer'. There an application should also bind `split-height-threshold' and `window-min-height' appropriately as well as a specify a `window-height' alist entry. Otherwise, Emacs will often refuse to make a new window which is probably not what we want when displaying *Completions*. martin