From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8862: compilation-window-height no good anymore Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:09:27 +0200 Message-ID: <4DF876C7.5000702@gmx.at> References: <87fwnce9qn.fsf@jidanni.org> <4DF79704.9010601@gmx.at> <8739jci7ry.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <4DF7B1CA.5070501@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308129027 30057 80.91.229.12 (15 Jun 2011 09:10:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8862@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 15 11:10:22 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm7B-0000zY-Uu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:10:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38463 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm7A-0005JG-TR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:10:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35781) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm6v-0005HW-Q8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:10:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm6t-0001gQ-Rh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:10:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57733) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm6t-0001g6-Fi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm6s-000618-GX; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8862 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8862-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8862.130812898023098 (code B ref 8862); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8862) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jun 2011 09:09:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm6V-00060V-W3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:09:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWm6T-00060H-Nq for 8862@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:09:38 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Jun 2011 09:09:31 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-36-239.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.36.239]) [62.47.36.239] by mail.gmx.net (mp027) with SMTP; 15 Jun 2011 11:09:31 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18MwOIvZjkMwJNNI+SJYBoWFrqA+H/d03mNjGL4xL +ViVS1itLRVAYO User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:10:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47172 Archived-At: > Yes, being less eager to delete windows is good. But why signal an > error rather than just make the window as big as possible without > deleting surrounding windows? I can do that for `enlarge-window' (and do a corresponding thing for `shrink-window'). I can do that for the lower level function `resize-window' (aka `window-resize') as well but wouldn't we rather like to catch a failure here? Also what about an attempt to enlarge or shrink the root window of a frame? Should we avoid signalling an error here too? >> When a similar change was applied to `adjust-window-trailing-edge' for >> Emacs 22 hardly anyone complained. > > Not sure what you're referring to: adjust-window-trailing-edge was a new > function in Emacs-22. I meant the functionality of `adjust-window-trailing-edge'. Before that change mouse dragging an edge could delete windows and after that change not. martin