doc for temp-buffer-max-height and resize-temp-buffer-window

[Drew Adams]

1. Doc bug:

The doc for temp-buffer-max-height says that it is the maximum window
height for temporary buffers. It references function
resize-temp-buffer-window. The doc for resize-temp-buffer-window and
temp-buffer-max-height do not say anything about
temp-buffer-resize-mode. However, that mode must be enabled for these
to have any effect.

2. Product enhancement request:

Is there no variable or set of variables that one can bind to enable
the mode, so that temp-buffer-max-height will be respected? That is,
in order to have it respected, it looks like a program must do
something like this:

 1) save the current value of temp-buffer-resize-mode,
 2) turn the mode on,
 3) do something with the mode on, and then
 4) put the mode back the way it was.

That seems like a lot of trouble. The mode doc says not to turn the
mode on by binding the mode variable, so that is presumably not an
option. It would be a lot simpler (and cleaner) if you could just bind
a variable or two, wouldn't it? For instance, make such a binding
around with-output-to-temp-buffer, so that it automatically resized
the buffer's window. An alternative, which I ended up using, was just
to explicitly call fit-window-to-buffer.




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