From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10186: 23.3; save-some-buffers not making review windows large enough Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:10 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4ED892A1.9010109@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322821922 31163 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2011 10:32:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:32:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10186@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 02 11:31:57 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQPN-0006Xn-6d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:31:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54165 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQPM-0000oo-0a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39173) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQPI-0000nM-IF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQPE-0007jg-Ea for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:52 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48541) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQPE-0007jc-AP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQPR-00073g-WF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:32:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dave Abrahams Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10186 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10186-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10186.132282189027091 (code B ref 10186); Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10186) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Dec 2011 10:31:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQOv-00072u-D7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qy0-f172.google.com ([209.85.216.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RWQOt-00072l-1x for 10186@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:28 -0500 Original-Received: by qcsf15 with SMTP id f15so109303qcs.3 for <10186@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:31:12 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.229.50.5 with SMTP id x5mr59854qcf.172.1322821872673; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:31:12 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from pluto.luannocracy.com (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com. [207.172.223.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o15sm4825898qaz.19.2011.12.02.02.31.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:31:11 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by pluto.luannocracy.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id AA9F91A095A7; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 05:31:10 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <4ED892A1.9010109@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:56:01 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.3 (darwin) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:32:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:54600 Archived-At: on Fri Dec 02 2011, martin rudalics wrote: >> `M-x save-some-buffers' offers to let me review my files (or their >> diffs) before saving them with, but very often the window I'm given in >> which to do the review is pitifully small and really inadequate. > > The window has the size provided by `display-buffer'. What are your > values of `split-height-threshold' and `split-width-threshold'? nil and 160, respectively. >> Not only that, but there's basically no way (at least none that I can >> find) to scroll the window and reveal useful information. > > Setting `enable-recursive-minibuffers' to a non-nil value should allow > to do that. I've always been leery of doing that, just because I figured it's disabled-by-default for a reason, but I will try it. That said, doing something that's considered "unsafe for novices" shouldn't be required in order to make something so basic as save-some-buffers work, should it? -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com