From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Uday S Reddy Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: annoyances [Was: shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer in VC-diff] Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:38:19 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87aaoo7pmj.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281865216 18087 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2010 09:40:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:40:16 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 15 11:40:15 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkZgM-00051T-7F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:40:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41882 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OkZgB-0005PS-Bz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:38:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41846 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OkZfz-0005OT-K7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkZfy-0005Iz-3A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:48353) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkZfx-0005In-U1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:38:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkZfu-0004xO-8i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:38:42 +0200 Original-Received: from cpc10-harb6-0-0-cust112.perr.cable.virginmedia.com ([92.232.137.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:38:42 +0200 Original-Received: from u.s.reddy by cpc10-harb6-0-0-cust112.perr.cable.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:38:42 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc10-harb6-0-0-cust112.perr.cable.virginmedia.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 In-Reply-To: <87aaoo7pmj.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:128732 Archived-At: On 8/15/2010 12:15 AM, Chong Yidong wrote: > When there are no changes, `C-x v D' does something annoying: it shrinks > the window showing the *vc-diff* buffer to three lines tall. This makes > the window useless for displaying other buffers; you have to resize it > or delete it. I find it annoying too, and I will be glad if it is gone. While we are on the matter of annoyances, I am also quite annoyed by Emacs switching windows without a definitive reason. For instance, `o' in a dired window switches to the other window. And, I have to switch back to dired in order to go and view another file. C-x` in a diff window switches to the other window. And, I have to switch back to diff in order to even view the hunk in its entirety. (This problem might also be shared by all other uses of C-x`) In general, I think that, whenever there is a listing in one window and stuff in another window, it is a good idea for Emacs to assume that both are important and avoid switching windows unnecessarily. Cheers, Uday