Re: Geometry and temp-buffer-max-height

[Andrea Vettorello]

On 8/2/07, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> wrote:
> Andrea Vettorello wrote:
> > On 7/31/07, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> The documentation for temp-buffer-max-height seems to suggest that you
> >> should call (temp-buffer-max-height 1) to ensure that
> >> temp-buffer-max-height is effective.
> >
> > If it's a function to call i can't find it, for the variable with the
> > same name, i've tried to set it both as a fixed or a variable value
> > (2/3 of the current frame, as i've found a suggestion somewhere).
> >
> > If you mean the "temp-buffer-resize-mode" variable, then is set to
> > true. I thought about a bug because this happens only when i pass a
> > geometry option, via command line or ~/.Xdefaults, but it's not a big
> > deal, i let the ini files resizing the frame and i'm done with it...
>
> It's a function:
>
> ,----[ C-h f temp-buffer-resize-mode RET ]
> | temp-buffer-resize-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> `help.el'.
> | (temp-buffer-resize-mode &optional arg)
> |
> | Toggle the mode which makes windows smaller for temporary buffers.
> | With prefix argument arg, turn the resizing of windows displaying
> temporary
> | buffers on if arg is positive or off otherwise.
> | This makes the window the right height for its contents, but never
> | more than `temp-buffer-max-height' nor less than `window-min-height'.
> | This applies to `help', `apropos' and `completion' buffers, and some
> others.
> |
> | [back]
> `----

Nope, even explicitly setting this one doesn't change it. Maybe it's
only in the Debian build, i haven't checked from CVS/SVN, but as i've
said above, it's a small glitch that shows up if i use the "geometry"
option, i can easily workaround it.

Thanks anyway for your help.


-- 
Andrea