From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25115: 26.0.50; ibuffer fails to show confirmation buffer when there are side windows Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:31:19 +0100 Message-ID: <584517C7.8040604@gmx.at> References: <921d3030-33fa-b1df-1fa9-d2a3e9b1c56b@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1480923136 24680 195.159.176.226 (5 Dec 2016 07:32:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 07:32:16 +0000 (UTC) To: Liu Hui , 25115@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 05 08:32:12 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cDnkw-0004pP-Sf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:31:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: <921d3030-33fa-b1df-1fa9-d2a3e9b1c56b@gmail.com> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:KeSXxMPlnPW2GzB7drmgtU3JF3H/N/eLE4VX5oSZWyl1wu2H3mP KU3cWLfdDanXs4+u7jx9TfTQfQ32VtbFI+j/7GtD3k/aZgekT7c06QqXqIYVnWzVmqtFYWG B2OZSbo8b8y+XfqAf1T/+3qrjSF1eL1sJkQdT2CHB6IR7HUDK11t1DaDeyMhUsVbYDr6L0k XlF1ddry+s/6qiNe7ePvw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:0Bq7T609Zmk=:fj9a4okxlq+Z3vEqZOPdj7 +ro3+/zmEZpHVZ1cO9Hkx9mf19GSGvEpf/xO1bbAizhCS+FVpZYjJz9i7OYy6gbmCamA86G6r uCtxWbIEaVds0j9+8hGuZOH0diqxC+LuBRqthAU2fNFhF4YR4Y6gVqT2NZVPwGABn3+kRTI4b 7hLnx7Px+28Mhsk0SNt+9wVK3Bgl0/9I8WYWdYAh+4IWTDteOftr5hE09787Qa1fQQWieOmM4 iMVmtjKsQyNPxEQrsR3AJNEH5CWiafbUDM0ze4OHWP71dVRX6jrpcROxKFxd5+UR8VBU0vtNC MLJGG9qeVcdf7RzELkfgPCujLteoI1N+/S6T9stJ0RV5bk6RziSa0AMjh54oSyIBz16+uiAZl j0FTwlAvOwKQNoUqoFB6uwQZCsMoljwwPbJifEdvyc9HwvdtmN1oa7XoTvYbWIEQKMHbHwtr0 O05XJiJsNzupE9A1yPN5HB9M49PfYI3fh9PYJcY1U+ZO82CHpvpa2gfgWOolw8NqB/Pnt+C/p 4AEj4E/muGfiYj6NyzTywHBADFXggxPbrnSNNn7pDRC8qVUAwQYQfzIMKeAD3ASwSK25Ez/vc NZkn9OD1IpPqZ1gL2fD398GO753XJpx0EDGEzi5RK1VmCHcIzLvP8dFk+npc1E4NVrQgILy91 Svesum3hzVyZ+bX+khIKbDc/MwhmBH6UHs++mph+ZUhUUyGJlskGUTECwFs4O40aKwIknqmPu StTvMbVsgXnJYS0tbYIm8/2Ocb5QDCwQ5LxxcP1Zed2crwjcz6aq6x2FidQbce9et9DTPXeS X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:126490 Archived-At: > When there are side windows, ibuffer fails to show the comfirmation bu= ffer for buffers to be killed. > > 1. emacs -Q & create a side window by > (pop-to-buffer "test" > '(display-buffer-in-side-window > (side . right) > (width . 0.2))) > 2. switch to another buffer and M-x ibuffer > 3. press 'D', mark two or more buffers for killing > 4. press 'x' > > then an error 'ibuffer-confirm-operation-on: Cannot split side window = or parent of side window' is issued. > > > In GNU Emacs 26.0.50.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9) > of 2016-12-03 built on lgw01-50 > Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.1180= 4000 > System Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Thanks for the report. Since I don't use ibuffer I just tried to follow your recipe. In (2) I switched to *Messages* in the side window by selecting it with the mouse from the Buffers menu. If, after M-x ibuffer, I now type =E2=80=98D=E2=80=99 in the side window, ibuffer promp= ts me whether I really want to kill *Messages* so I miserably failed to "mark two or more buffers for killing". If instead in (3) I repeatedly type =E2=80=98m=E2=80=99 to mark all buffe= rs listed in the side window and then type =E2=80=98D=E2=80=99, my main window gets sp= lit, in the window at the bottom I get a list of the selected buffers and in the minibuffer I'm asked whether I really want to kill 3 buffers. When, instead of =E2=80=98D=E2=80=99 I type =E2=80=98x=E2=80=99, I am asked in = the minibuffer whether I really want to kill the buffer at the current line of the side window. I don't understand the ibuffer code (partly because I don't understand what an interactive Lisp closure is and how it works). So if you can't give me a recipe I can follow it might be best if you debug the ibuffer code yourself to find out why and how it tries to split the side window. Finally note that side windows are preferably populated via =E2=80=98display-buffer=E2=80=99, so the "switch to another buffer" and "= M-x ibuffer" in step (2) already sound like a bad idea. Thanks, martin