From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kifer@cs.sunysb.edu (Michael Kifer) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Resizing may delete windows Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:23:50 -0400 Message-ID: <11713.1206584630@cs.sunysb.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206584675 13955 80.91.229.12 (27 Mar 2008 02:24:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , "Jan D." , Stefan Monnier , emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 27 03:25:05 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JehnZ-0008Rz-TX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:25:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jehmy-0000Hf-Ex for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jehmt-0000EW-ML for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jehmr-0000AV-5K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jehmq-0000AM-Tc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jehmq-0001fz-JU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Jehmq-0001f1-Au for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jehmn-0001fX-8c for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:16 -0400 Original-Received: from sbcs.sunysb.edu ([130.245.1.15] helo=sbcs.cs.sunysb.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jehmn-0001fR-0r for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:13 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (compserv1 [130.245.1.44]) by sbcs.cs.sunysb.edu (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m2R2O8f7001401; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:08 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1]:10025 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA23CFA9B; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:23:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: Message from "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" of "Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:02:45 BST." <47EAE425.6010507@gmail.com> X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.3+cvs; nmh 1.1; GNU Emacs 23.0.60 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:93602 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21712 Archived-At: > > There are cases when ediff can be suspended. In that case the small window > > should be deleted. There are cases when several ediff sessions are active > > at the same time. Doing all this properly with dedicated windows seems too > > much trouble with little payoff. But, as I said, I'll take another look to > > see if this can be done without major complications. > > > The documentation for set-window-dedicated-p says that the dedicated > window will not display any other buffer than the one it currently displays. > > Does ediff really use that little window to display other buffers? > Otherwise it looks to me that there should be no problem just making > that little window dedicated. This has to do with the heuristics that ediff uses when it decides how to place buffers in the multiframe setup. As I said, I'll see if there is a simple way to make the control window dedicated without complicating those heuristics. > (BTW, why does the function name has "-p" at the end?) No idea. (Not my fault. :) --michael