Re: [PATCH] gitk: restore wm state to normal before saving geometry information

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Alexey Borzenkov [off-list ref] wrote:

On the other hand, when I resize columns and then maximize/restore the
window repeatedly I see that their sizes change in a strange way (and
the smaller restored window they stranger are results) until hitting
some sort of equilibrium, then maximize/restore doesn't have effect on
their sizes anymore. So maybe there's a bug not in a way my patch
restores the window, but in a way window resizes are handled.

It seems that I found what's the problem. When the window is very
small, and we maximize it, sash coords would initially be small. Then
we calculate their new positions and set it with $win sash place, but
unfortunately, tk limits them to the OLD pane size for some reason.
Initially I though that maybe Configure is fired too early (before
window is resized), but [winfo width $win] shows $win has the new
size. Here's some output that I got during debugging:

resizing 422 -> 1261 (winfo shows 1261)
    s0: 138 1
    s1: 288 1
    sash0: 412 -> 412 1
    sash1: 860 -> 417 1

I'm at a loss why this happens and how to lift this restriction.