bug#81406: 31.0.90; rotate-windows loses window balance when window-combination-resize is t

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:28:46 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.bugs
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Eli Zaretskii [06/Aug  1:43pm +03] wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 10:17:50 +0200
>> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
>>  [email protected]
>> From: martin rudalics <[email protected]>
>>
>>  > I don't think I mind, but does this mean a dedicated window can change
>>  > the buffer it displays?
>>
>> No.  The buffer stays in its window but the window changes its position
>> in the frame like all the other windows.  Incidentally, without the
>> patch a window could change its buffer as my earlier example has shown.
>
> Well, I guess this should also be mentioned, because dedicated windows
> are in many cases used so as to keep them in the same place on the
> frame.

I'm not sure we should be allowing this, tbh.  It might be the same
window object but if it ends up with a different size and position then
I think we have done something wrong.

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Sean Whitton