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Leonidas Tsampros

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Dec 24, 2009, 5:13:37 AM12/24/09
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Hello,

One of the things I found irritating while using Gnus, is that it
deleted any other windows that I had opened upon entering/leaving the
summary buffer.

In the info manual chapter 8.5, it states that this behaviour is
controlled by gnus-use-full-window and indeed it worked as
advertized. However the documentation states:

Setting this variable to `nil' kinda works, but there are glitches.
Use at your own peril.

Has anyone experienced problems with this variable set to nil ?

Thanks,
Leonidas

Jim Kalb

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Dec 24, 2009, 9:05:28 AM12/24/09
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>>>>> "Leonidas" == Leonidas Tsampros <ltsa...@bifteki.lan> writes:

Leonidas> In the info manual chapter 8.5, it states that this
Leonidas> behaviour is controlled by gnus-use-full-window and indeed
Leonidas> it worked as advertized. However the documentation states:

Leonidas> Setting this variable to `nil' kinda works, but there
Leonidas> are glitches. Use at your own peril.

Leonidas> Has anyone experienced problems with this variable set to
Leonidas> nil ?

I use bbdb with gnus. When I set gnus-use-full-window to nil the small
window bbdb opens ("BBDB") with the address of whoever sent the message
doesn't go away when I go away from the message.

--
Jim Kalb
http://jimkalb.com

Francis Moreau

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Dec 30, 2009, 4:37:18 PM12/30/09
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On Dec 24, 11:13 am, Leonidas Tsampros <ltsamp...@bifteki.lan> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> One of the things I found irritating while using Gnus, is that it
> deleted any other windows that I had opened upon entering/leaving the
> summary buffer.

Same for me.

>
> In the info manual chapter 8.5, it states that this behaviour is
> controlled by gnus-use-full-window and indeed it worked as
> advertized. However the documentation states:
>
>    Setting this variable to `nil' kinda works, but there are glitches.
> Use at your own peril.
>
> Has anyone experienced problems with this variable set to nil ?

Yes I have met a couple of problems:

- when composing a new article/email, gnus-use-full-window is just
ignored

- in the summary buffer, after selecting an article, with the
following in my .gnus:

(setq gnus-use-trees t
gnus-generate-tree-function 'gnus-generate-horizontal-tree
gnus-tree-minimize-window nil)

(gnus-add-configuration
'(article
(vertical 1.0
(horizontal 0.25
(summary 0.75 point)
(tree 1.0))
(article 1.0))))

if I press 'q' (gnus-summary-exit) then the window layout is
screwed.

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