GNU bug report logs - #11138
23.3; on Windows, message-box does not display line breaks in the message

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Packages: emacs, w32;

Reported by: "Dino Chiesa" <dpchiesa <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:56:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 23.3

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 11138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 11138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dpchiesa <at> hotmail.com
Subject: RE: bug#11138: 23.3;
	on Windows, message-box does not display line breaks in the message
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:14:34 -0700

> The Windows port doesn't really have an implementation of a message
> box, it just pops up a menu.  And in a menu, each item is one line.
> Patches to implement a true message box are welcome.

I see.  I don't have a true message-box implementation, but wouldn't it be
possible to just use multiple menu lines for this?  The current menu line is not
selectable anyway, AFAICT.
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