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#18304: 24.3.92; Making and using side windows Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:24:18 +0200 Message-ID: <53F5BAC2.50008@gmx.at> References: <87tx576tj7.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408613138 28304 80.91.229.3 (21 Aug 2014 09:25:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:25:38 +0000 (UTC) To: Nicolas Richard , 18304@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 21 11:25:31 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XKOcY-0006kO-8L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:25:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59720 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKOcX-0006F2-RT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:25:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34691) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKOcL-00063L-Aq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:25:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKOcB-0000DB-B4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41803) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKOcB-0000Cp-8b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XKOcB-0003Q0-0h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:25:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18304 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18304-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18304.140861307813068 (code B ref 18304); Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18304) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Aug 2014 09:24:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48742 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XKObl-0003Oh-Gl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:24:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:56048) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XKObi-0003OK-OW for 18304@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.46.215.64] ([62.46.215.64]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MGoU1-1X6s5i3ohN-00DVfc; Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:24:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87tx576tj7.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:cFZkPMWRSOQNm6SCSO3Pgs/AysnOexMm59caVG/U473td4qv3QU N1/ps4WQK3lYShNMDf6s1yCQhEYnUVD5i8kkfGYQb13J4Q3Tw0GVpO07iivVNTolHX487AN M+kEXpCTKDq92jmqxEoURCUNYXKW7ZtuxV7w+xHWx4Wevgy/MNDMDYX9TxoBsuruv4P9ho2 KKUZug8DBkQktu7uAaFcQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:92556 Archived-At: > emacs -q --eval '(display-buffer-in-major-side-window (current-buffer) (quote right) 0)' -f calendar > > I get an error: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Cannot split side window or parent of side window") > signal(error ("Cannot split side window or parent of side window")) > error("Cannot split side window or parent of side window") > byte-code(...) > split-window(nil nil) > split-window-below() > calendar-basic-setup(nil) > calendar(nil) > call-interactively(calendar record nil) > command-execute(calendar record) > execute-extended-command(nil "calendar") > call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil) > command-execute(execute-extended-command) > > I have no idea if this is a bug There were at least two bugs here, namely (1) `calendar-basic-setup' calls `split-window-below' without checking whether the selected window can be split at all. (2) `window-splittable-p' doesn't check whether the argument window is a side window. Both should be fixed with revision 117719 on trunk. > because I don't know how the user is > supposed to use/create side windows (see also #18170). Bugs like the ones you found here should get fixed before promoting side windows generally. BTW, if you intend to put the calendar in a side window emacs -q --eval '(display-buffer-in-major-side-window (current-buffer) (quote bottom) 0)' -f calendar should look better. martin