From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: even-window-heights Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:26:43 +0200 Message-ID: <4E7C42C3.3090201@gmx.at> References: <877h50yp74.fsf@stupidchicken.com> 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 1316766425 24715 80.91.229.12 (23 Sep 2011 08:27:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 23 10:27:01 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1R7164-0007v9-Ef for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:27:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51927 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7164-0007X1-19 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:27:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:47207) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7161-0007WX-7E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:26:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R715x-0002Ut-2X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:26:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:48663) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R715w-0002Ul-Lf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:26:53 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Sep 2011 08:26:51 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-52-86.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.52.86]) [62.47.52.86] by mail.gmx.net (mp018) with SMTP; 23 Sep 2011 10:26:51 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18L3000ZnULgxACQhnTykkwZv6Ppq6LHbkQgQNWoo GrKHi/pS4qror8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <877h50yp74.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 213.165.64.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:144221 Archived-At: > This variable's docstring says: > > If non-nil `display-buffer' will try to even window heights. > Otherwise `display-buffer' will leave the window configuration alone. > Heights are evened only when `display-buffer' chooses a window that > appears above or below the selected window. > > And the manual says something similar. But in fact the windows are > evened only if the new window is shorter than the selected window. Indeed. Do you think it needs an explanation? > This has been the case since > > revno: 88578 > committer: Martin Rudalics > timestamp: Sat 2008-06-14 08:58:07 +0000 > message: > (window--even-window-heights): Even window heights > only if the selected window is higher than WINDOW. > > which has no ChangeLog or further explanation. > > Martin, do you remember why you made this change? Bug#410 constituting a regression from the original C behavior. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-06/msg00166.html I added a bug reference to the ChangeLog entry (which BTW _did_ exist). martin