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#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:28 +0100 Message-ID: <5513E654.3010501@gmx.at> References: <87iodqbvoz.fsf@gnu.org> <83384uqqao.fsf@gnu.org> <871tkd36jx.fsf@gnu.org> <83egodouoo.fsf@gnu.org> <87a8z027or.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <83lhikoojd.fsf@gnu.org> <87oange62o.fsf@gnu.org> 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 1427367613 4875 80.91.229.3 (26 Mar 2015 11:00:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20189@debbugs.gnu.org To: Tassilo Horn , Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 26 12:00:02 2015 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 1Yb5W5-0008BF-Qz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:00:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43810 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5W0-0007ay-El for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:59:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57316) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5VF-0006Qd-5s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:59:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5V9-00052l-Bb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:59:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47268) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5V9-00052h-8M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:59:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5V9-0005WW-34 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:59:03 -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, 26 Mar 2015 10:59:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20189 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20189-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20189.142736752321198 (code B ref 20189); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:59:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20189) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Mar 2015 10:58:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37043 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5Up-0005Vq-7k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:58:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:53503) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5Un-0005VS-88 for 20189@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:58:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [178.191.139.211] ([178.191.139.211]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Mb7lL-1Yu03M10YN-00KgLz; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:35 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87oange62o.fsf@gnu.org> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:VrdvCx87Czv37Vjo5H8YPiclJgk1mYe7ggRESrc+R6M2nIXdZwU jbsR2qhZ2ikjpgSCX7Qu8HmrB5yB3UWBQFX37L1xfE3mm/X0mH28S/3WAmMxnqR82RNlSQt lV4J9OlezXSkNkDeNHAtIFTQrBUqerHKUpS5FhT1YeSFEUdMnmQ5NyCx8TtfYVvqMOdwlbx stskBpezYhBm8j3ELrNFg== 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:100944 Archived-At: > To answer myself: it seems I actually want to use a minimum width of > 80. That seems to supress any splits that result in windows smaller > than 80 columns unless the width is explicitly given, e.g., > > (setq window-min-width 80) > (display-buffer (get-buffer "*Help*") > '(display-buffer-pop-up-window > (window-width . 10))) > > still splits although the new window is just 10 columns wide. Not really. The window gets split because your frame is wide enough (probably larger than 160 columns). The new window is 10 columns wide because you explicitly asked for it via (window-width . 10). martin