From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: completion buffer - unsuitable column width Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:03:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <9B16B937-9EFC-445F-A169-5F1BDEB17A79@gmail.com> <92CD418E-2240-448E-A9A6-CBC7C580AFD8@gmail.com> <5B840E04-FA6D-410A-B2F8-F1D24DAB4A4D@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236103421 3898 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2009 18:03:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:03:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: David Reitter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 03 19:04:57 2009 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 1LeYyv-0004TR-78 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:04:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60073 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeYxa-0005cS-5c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:03:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeYxU-0005YH-C4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:03:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeYxS-0005St-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:03:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51205 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeYxS-0005Se-2d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:03:10 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:55730) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LeYxR-0005Qa-JA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:03:09 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-170.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.170]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n23I36KK011138; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:03:06 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E1012A24F6; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:03:05 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <5B840E04-FA6D-410A-B2F8-F1D24DAB4A4D@gmail.com> (David Reitter's message of "Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:47:56 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3223=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.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:109415 Archived-At: >>> "window-buffer-width", giving the average (expected) number of columns in >>> a window for text in the default face applicable to the buffer shown in >>> a given window. >> Yes, that could help. > OK, what is the plan regarding this for 23.1? Do nothing, add > a fairly safe workaround as I suggested, or try to implement window- > buffer-width? I think the plan is "do nothing for 23.1". Tho if someone comes up with an implementation of window-buffer-width, we may consider it, depending on whether its code looks safe enough. Stefan