bug#70213: Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue

[Eli Zaretskii]

tags 70213 notabug
thanks

> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:57:13 -0700
> From:  Joseph Turner via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> With emacs -Q on 29, evaluate:
> 
> (setq display-buffer-alist
>       '(((derived-mode . Info-mode)
>          display-buffer-in-side-window
>          (side . right)
>          (window-width . fit-window-to-buffer))))
> 
> Then press C-h i
> 
> Expected: Info-mode buffer pops up in right side window.
> 
> Actual: Info-mode buffer pops up in full frame.
> 
> At this point, pressing C-h i once more does open a right side window.
> 
> I haven't been able to reproduce this this issue with any other mode.

I'm not interested in fixing this: Info is not intended to be run in a
side window.  For starters, the text of an Info file is not meant to
be displayed in narrow windows, and will look ugly at best.

Don't do that!