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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>,
	63455@debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru
Subject: bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 21:25:11 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <867csy6h2w.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ttw34w4l.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Tue, 23 May 2023 04:30:50 +0200")

>> Maybe a good name for the new function would be
>> 'fit-window-to-temp-buffer'?
>
> Sorry to come up with this now, but: I think "temp-buffer" is a
> misnomer here.  AFAIU it is used for *Help* buffers.  Those are not
> more temporary than a lot of other buffers (doesn't the *Help* buffer
> live more or less the whole session if you don't kill it?), and the way
> Help buffers are displayed has not much or not only to do with how long
> they live.
>
> I always found that naming confusing.  It makes me think of
> `with-temp-buffer', helper buffers, not of *Help*.  Do you find the
> naming appropriate, having the use cases in mind?

According to (info "(emacs) Temporary Displays")
maybe a better name would be "view-buffer" because
it's intended for non-editable buffers.





  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-23 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-12  1:06 bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing Michael Heerdegen
2023-05-12  7:39 ` martin rudalics
2023-05-12 17:16   ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-13  8:56     ` martin rudalics
2023-05-15 17:01       ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-15 18:21         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-16  7:19         ` martin rudalics
2023-05-16 16:35           ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-17 16:56   ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-18  8:29     ` martin rudalics
2023-05-18 15:54       ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-19  7:31         ` martin rudalics
2023-05-19 17:54       ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-20  8:27         ` martin rudalics
2023-05-22 18:03           ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-23  2:30             ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-05-23 18:25               ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2023-05-24  2:48                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-05-12 17:11 ` Juri Linkov
2023-05-13  5:29   ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-05-15 17:02     ` Juri Linkov

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