From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Resizing may delete windows Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:38:47 +0100 Message-ID: <47EA19A7.1020401@gmail.com> References: <17986.1206513280@cs.sunysb.edu> 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: ger.gmane.org 1206524361 12519 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2008 09:39:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:39:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , "Jan D." , emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: Michael Kifer Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 26 10:39:42 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 1JeS6f-0008WT-Q2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:39:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JeS64-0005zm-8l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:39:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JeS5y-0005xV-Ae for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JeS5v-0005w5-JJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JeS5v-0005vz-CP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:55 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeS5v-0001Wt-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:55 -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 1JeS5u-0005de-QJ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeS5r-0001Vx-Mr for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:54 -0400 Original-Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.213]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeS5r-0001VM-B7 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:51 -0400 Original-Received: from c83-254-148-228.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.148.228]:62463 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JeS5p-0006VM-6Z; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:38:49 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: <17986.1206513280@cs.sunysb.edu> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080326-0, 2008-03-26), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.148.228 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1JeS5p-0006VM-6Z. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1JeS5p-0006VM-6Z 7f5a7537733793f5190e852ee1e7bbfb X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:93513 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21697 Archived-At: Michael Kifer wrote: >>> I suggest you set `window-min-height' >>> buffer-locally to 2 in the ediff control panel and look what happens >>> when the frame gets resized. If the window still goes away we have a >>> bug. >> Thanks, that cures the problem. >> >> Michael, could you please add that? > > OK. However, I do think that deleting windows just like that is too > aggressive and counter-intuitive. Thanks. Yes, it really looks like that. >> (And please make the control panel >> window dedicated during ediff. It really is not useful for something >> else then ;-) ) > > 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? > That little ediff window does not need to be dedicated, since nothing else > gets into it unless you try hard :-) If you use Emacs client then new files are opened in the ediff control window.