From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#62164: 29.0.60; ediff behaves poorly by default on tiling window managers Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:56:36 +0300 Message-ID: <83leg3vlzf.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87cz5c87xg.fsf@yahoo.com> <878rg087v5.fsf@yahoo.com> <87a60c3zuc.fsf@yahoo.com> <871ql3nj6y.fsf@catern.com> <871ql2su9q.fsf@yahoo.com> <87v8iemsbh.fsf@catern.com> <83ild19uzd.fsf@gnu.org> <83y1kw3k3d.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13148"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, sbaugh@catern.com, 62164@debbugs.gnu.org To: Spencer Baugh Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 28 13:57:18 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qETnR-0003CF-AN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:57:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qETnH-0003mo-0P; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:57:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qETnD-0003ik-3f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qETnC-0004Op-Rd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qETnC-0004eY-Nz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 62164 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 62164-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B62164.168795338417813 (code B ref 62164); Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 62164) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Jun 2023 11:56:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50162 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qETma-0004dF-6z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:56:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35408) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qETmX-0004cy-Ew for 62164@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:56:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qETmQ-0004CZ-36; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:56:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=KHeXlnZqxk4jduZh57ALonhe0qqWdUj0rKdzDRE0tW4=; b=O8vJ49wkp8Kk Dlqxt6qFdbIeMgh7310Wf6Mhphc1N725dRJ+hjOpdaurxIJhvZXJer33EhbNSqGzxCLeWo8id6wcW Jr9b9kAk1mcuw8pJDYE7B3eJiGW1IvgITHza9qquIYao2GtLuYWN1CzuZSMZhXcWDHPak4tTzAbUt UxwU7zaUx548aqLky6w+CvYZv9evTOuDKgITryPOD8VkNHSiRmAPJXr3uXm9UpQ3NPJFuG0WCMeyF AkRlphSwiBQTostWYBcgk77O1iM+7kvOF8VrmPGW+SvhqB6+gIFTc2ziygsAYyUYArCmp0IwGKQ6k 6vbwM+YLS+AK2Vuwkd2+2Q==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qETmO-0006MZ-7Q; Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:56:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Spencer Baugh on Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:13:09 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:264206 Archived-At: > From: Spencer Baugh > Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, sbaugh@catern.com, 62164@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:13:09 -0400 > > * lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el (ediff-x-utility-control-frame): Add > defcustom. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Copy/pasta, right? > +(defcustom ediff-x-floating-control-frame nil A better name is ediff-floating-control-frame. > + "If non-nil, the control frame will float under most X WMs. > + > +The control frame will be give the window type \"utility\". On > +most tiling window managers, this will cause the control frame to > +be floating rather than tiled. It should be harmless on other > +well-behaved window managers." I would document this slightly differently: If not-nil, try making the control frame be floating rather than tiled. If your X window manager makes the Ediff control frame a tiled one, set this to a non-nil value, and Emacs will try to make it floating. This only has effect on X displays.