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bug#44932: 28.0.50; MINIBUF 'nomini' for window-in-direction


From: martin rudalics
Subject: bug#44932: 28.0.50; MINIBUF 'nomini' for window-in-direction
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 10:34:24 +0100

>> It gives the impression that it stands for a buffer where it means a
>> window that may also display the echo area.  'resize-mini-windows' and
>> 'max-mini-window-height' tried to establish the "mini-windows (the
>> minibuffer and the echo area)" nomenclature and we now take a step back
>> in the other direction?
>
> I don't know why MINI-WINDOW would be better than MINIBUF.
> Is this distinction significant here?
>
> Anyway, what I did is made all window functions consistent
> in regard to their MINIBUF arg.  So now they are all have
> the same arg name MINIBUF:
>
> (defun walk-window-tree (fun &optional frame any MINIBUF)
> (defun window-with-parameter (parameter &optional value frame any MINIBUF)
> (defun walk-windows (fun &optional MINIBUF all-frames)
> (defun window-in-direction (direction &optional window ignore sign wrap 
MINIBUF)
> (defun get-window-with-predicate (predicate &optional MINIBUF all-frames 
default)
> (defun get-buffer-window-list (&optional buffer-or-name MINIBUF all-frames)
> (defun count-windows (&optional MINIBUF all-frames)

OK.

>> And left MINI in the .texi file.  I spent some time trying to make
>> manual and doc-strings congruent in this regard ...
>
> Sorry, will update the manual soon.

Thanks in advance.

martin





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