From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: face-remap.el patch to resize window Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:25 +0900 Message-ID: References: <7D6750DD60204DB082A761ECEE706CEA@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249875288 20243 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2009 03:34:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 05:34:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MaLei-0005jE-GR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:34:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37368 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaLeh-0007w6-Uk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:34:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaLed-0007uO-DC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:34:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaLeZ-0007tl-0a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:34:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34283 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaLeY-0007ti-SX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:34:30 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:42626) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaLeW-0001tM-4E; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n7A3Y4kO000560; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:25 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:25 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.114.224] [10.114.114.224]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:25 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 61D1552E23E; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:25 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:09 -0400") Original-Lines: 23 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113938 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> Doesn't it make sense to resize the window to take advantage of space >> freed up when text is scaled smaller? As an option at least? > > To me the fact that text-scale-increase doesn't change the window's > size is one of its greatest features. Resizing windows is the job of > the window-manager (and most of my window's sizes are dicated by the > screen size). > But if people like it, I won't object to this feature as an option, as > long as it's well integrated. It sounds like a very confusing feature -- remember that text-scale-increase applies to a single buffer, but windows are typically used for many buffers in turn. It could be useful for very specific cases, but it seems somehow wrong to have it as a global setting. -Miles -- Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.