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

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #70213,
regarding Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue
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> Info-mode side window fit-window-to-buffer issue
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> Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:57:13 -0700
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> With emacs -Q on 29, evaluate:
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> (setq display-buffer-alist
>       '(((derived-mode . Info-mode)
>          display-buffer-in-side-window
>          (side . right)
>          (window-width . fit-window-to-buffer))))
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> Then press C-h i
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> Expected: Info-mode buffer pops up in right side window.
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> Actual: Info-mode buffer pops up in full frame.
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> At this point, pressing C-h i once more does open a right side window.
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> I haven't been able to reproduce this this issue with any other mode.
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> Thanks!
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> Joseph
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> Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:04:28 -0700
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> > tags 70213 notabug
> > thanks
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> >> 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>
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> >> With emacs -Q on 29, evaluate:
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> >> (setq display-buffer-alist
> >>       '(((derived-mode . Info-mode)
> >>          display-buffer-in-side-window
> >>          (side . right)
> >>          (window-width . fit-window-to-buffer))))
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> >> Then press C-h i
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> >> Expected: Info-mode buffer pops up in right side window.
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> >> Actual: Info-mode buffer pops up in full frame.
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> >> At this point, pressing C-h i once more does open a right side window.
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> >> I haven't been able to reproduce this this issue with any other mode.
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> > 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.
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> > Don't do that!
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> Okay, closing now.  What I had been doing is setting the side window with
> to 80 columns, which is plenty of space for most Info files.
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