From: David PONCE <david.ponce@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: windows.texi doc fix
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:31:00 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29461185.1098354660491.JavaMail.www@wwinf0203> (raw)
> It is good to notice that this needed to be fixed, but the style that
> we use in doc strings is too terse and not correct enough for the
> manual. The former uses incomplete sentences, such as this:
>
> + Optional third arg @var{preserve-before}, if non-@code{nil}, means
>
> Could you please try rewriting this text using the style that we use
> for such cases elsewhere in the manual? Please just try your best--I
> can polish it up after you install it.
OK. WDYT of this version, which is much simpler. As the
documentation explicitly says that `shrink-window' is like
`enlarge-window' but negates the size argument, I didn't duplicated
the description of `preserve-before'.
David
*** windows.texi.orig 2004-07-24 17:33:15.000000000 +0200
--- windows.texi 2004-10-21 12:32:38.681402600 +0200
***************
*** 1922,1928 ****
window size. Emacs does not permit overlapping windows or gaps between
windows, so resizing one window affects other windows.
! @deffn Command enlarge-window size &optional horizontal
This function makes the selected window @var{size} lines taller,
stealing lines from neighboring windows. It takes the lines from one
window at a time until that window is used up, then takes from another.
--- 1922,1928 ----
window size. Emacs does not permit overlapping windows or gaps between
windows, so resizing one window affects other windows.
! @deffn Command enlarge-window size &optional horizontal preserve-before
This function makes the selected window @var{size} lines taller,
stealing lines from neighboring windows. It takes the lines from one
window at a time until that window is used up, then takes from another.
***************
*** 1945,1950 ****
--- 1945,1955 ----
size of a fixed-size window, @code{enlarge-window} gets an error
instead.
+ If @var{preserve-before} is non-@code{nil}, this function does not
+ changes the size of the siblings above or to the left of the selected
+ window. Only the size of the siblings below or to the right of the
+ selected window are changed.
+
If @var{size} is negative, this function shrinks the window by
@minus{}@var{size} lines or columns. If that makes the window smaller
than the minimum size (@code{window-min-height} and
***************
*** 1965,1971 ****
@end example
@end deffn
! @deffn Command shrink-window size &optional horizontal
This function is like @code{enlarge-window} but negates the argument
@var{size}, making the selected window smaller by giving lines (or
columns) to the other windows. If the window shrinks below
--- 1970,1976 ----
@end example
@end deffn
! @deffn Command shrink-window size &optional horizontal preserve-before
This function is like @code{enlarge-window} but negates the argument
@var{size}, making the selected window smaller by giving lines (or
columns) to the other windows. If the window shrinks below
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2004-10-21 10:31 David PONCE [this message]
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