Re: org-capture: keeping window visible during date entry

[Christoph Groth <cwg@falma.de>]

Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> writes:

> On 7/7/12, Christoph Groth <cwg@falma.de> wrote:
>> I would say that a proper solution would be to reserve
>> delete-other-windows for interactive use and to replace it by
>> something more sensible which ensures that a given window is well
>> visible but tries to preserve the visibility and arrangement other
>> windows if possible.  That hypothetical function could be given the
>> minimum required height for the current window.
>
> This is something that needs to be under user control.  We cannot
> force a regression on an accessibility issue.  Not all screen sizes
> are large and not all fonts are small.

My proposal is not about reducing accessibility but increasing
usability.

What's the point of deleting all the other windows to show a buffer
containing only five lines of text (a typical capture buffer) and
unlikely to grow much?  If the user wants to type a lot into the new
buffer, he can press C-x 1 himself.

By "something more sensible" I meant functionality which would do the
right thing both for small and large emacs frames.  In many cases a
reasonable minimum size for the new window to be displayed can be
estimated.

My font is actually not small and my screen typical.  Still, my emacs
frame is 70 lines high.