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 14:53:48 -0400 Message-ID: <7751.1206557628@cs.sunysb.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206568489 30786 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2008 21:54:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:54:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , "Jan D." , "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 26 22:55:19 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 1JedaJ-0007lO-Vf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:55:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JedZi-00072V-HU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:54:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JedZI-0006ms-VB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:54:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JedZH-0006kj-85 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:54:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JedZH-0006kY-0C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:53:59 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JedZG-0005Jk-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JedZG-0006XR-F5 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JedZD-0005J3-EZ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from sbcs.cs.sunysb.edu ([130.245.1.15]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JedZD-0005In-6H for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:53:55 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (compserv1 [130.245.1.44]) by sbcs.cs.sunysb.edu (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m2QLrmqg016830; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:53:48 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1]:10025 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52555F003D; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:53:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: Message from Stefan Monnier of "Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:52:59 EDT." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.3+cvs; nmh 1.2; 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:93563 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21704 Archived-At: > >> > No, dedicated windows in frames that have other windows are too > >> > troublesome. They often surprise the user. > >> > >> What is the problem? I do not understand. That little window just exists > >> when ediff is active on that frame, right? > > > The problem is that there are too many situations when ediff has to > > remember to undedicate or delete that window if the user decides to > > postpone the work and do something else. > > I still don't understand: why should ediff have to undedicate > that window? Or why should it need to delete it: if it's dedicated > it'll be deleted automatically when the buffer is killed. 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. --michael > > > Stefan >