Confirmed for Emacs 24.2 (compiled from vanilla source, using GTK3), Ubuntu 12.10, Unity.
This bug is likely related to bug 941790, but that bug is about rows shrinking instead of cols, like in this case. Emacs emits the following GTK-warning when ediff window pops up: (emacs:8955): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_window_parse_geometry() called on a window with no visible children; the window should be set up before gtk_window_parse_geometry() is called. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emacs23 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059633 Title: Emacs 'Ediff' Window Shrinks Horizontally To One Column Wide Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “emacs23” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “emacs24” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Unlike previously reported bug #941790, this bug involves a horizontal shrinkage to one column wide (multiple rows), and is still present in GNU Emacs 23.3.1. Resizing the window isn't a work-around, as the window immediately shrinks again. The behavior is observed as follows: Run ediff-buffers A new window, 'Ediff', opens and contains the text "Type ? for hlep" In the 'Ediff' window, type the character '?', This is supposed to display helpful info on the ediff commands Ediff window will expand, then shrink horizontally to one character wide Grabbing the frame and reszing will cause the shrinking behavior to repeat Releveant packages / versions: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS GNU Emacs 23.3.1 Unity 5.16.0-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1059633/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
