setting gnus-use-full-windows to nil

setting gnus-use-full-windows to nil

[Leonidas Tsampros]

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

Re: setting gnus-use-full-windows to nil

[Jim Kalb]

>>>>> "Leonidas" == Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@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

Re: setting gnus-use-full-windows to nil

[Francis Moreau]

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.