bug#62164: 29.0.60; ediff behaves poorly by default on tiling window managers

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: sbaugh@catern.com
> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 19:21:53 +0000 (UTC)
> Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>, luangruo@yahoo.com, Eli Zaretskii
>       <eliz@gnu.org>, 62164@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > I think the new user option warrants an entry in etc/NEWS
> 
> Added, patch at the end.
> 
> >     Spencer> ---
> >     Spencer>  lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >     Spencer>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
> >
> >     Spencer> diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el
> >     Spencer> index eb903f093f9..74e0e1f9b9f 100644
> >     Spencer> --- a/lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el
> >     Spencer> +++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el
> >     Spencer> @@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ ediff-window-setup-function
> >     Spencer>                 (function :tag "Other function"))
> >     Spencer>    :version "24.3")
> >  
> >     Spencer> +(defcustom ediff-floating-control-frame nil
> >     Spencer> +  "If not-nil, try making the control frame be floating 
> > rather than tiled.
> >     Spencer> +
> >
> > Style: the description of the option should state the action that
> > follows from a non-nil value:
> >
> > "Whether to request a floating control frame rather than a tiled one."
> 
> No, this is correct style, see (info "(elisp) Documentation Tips")
> 
>    • The documentation string for a variable that is a yes-or-no flag
>      should start with words such as “Non-nil means”, to make it clear
>      that all non-‘nil’ values are equivalent and indicate explicitly
>      what ‘nil’ and non-‘nil’ mean.

Thanks, installed on master, and closing the bug.