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bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows'
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Noam Postavsky |
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bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows' |
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Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:18:03 -0400 |
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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > AFAICT, neither the doc string nor the manual says what toggling the
>> > side windows DOES or MEANS. Just what behavior or appearance is
>> > toggled? What happens when a side window is - or all side windows are
>> > toggled?
>>
>> That's strange. I found answers to those questions in the doc string:
>>
>> If FRAME has at least one side window, save FRAME’s state in the
>> FRAME’s ‘window-state’ frame parameter and delete all side
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> windows on FRAME afterwards. Otherwise, if FRAME has a
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> ‘window-state’ parameter, use that to restore any side windows on
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> FRAME leaving FRAME’s main window alone. Signal an error if
^^^^^
>> FRAME has no side window and no saved state is found.
>>
>> So I don't understand what is missing there. Could you be more
>> specific regarding the problems you see in this text?
>
> The doc should say that the function deletes all side windows
> of FRAME, or it restores all such previously deleted side windows.
Seems like it does say that?
> There currently is no statement of just what gets toggled.
?
> The toggling behavior is described, but what's not said is
> that it is the presence/existence/validity (pick the right
> term) of the side windows that is toggled.
It's the first sentence of the quoted paragraph: "If FRAME has at least
one side window..."
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Drew Adams, 2018/06/16
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/16
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Drew Adams, 2018/06/16
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows',
Noam Postavsky <=
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Drew Adams, 2018/06/16
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/16
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Drew Adams, 2018/06/17
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/17
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', martin rudalics, 2018/06/17
- bug#31858: 27.0; doc of `window-toggle-side-windows', Drew Adams, 2018/06/17