GNU bug report logs - #15046
24.3.50; Extra Line under minibuffer in Mac OSX fullscreen

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Deyuan Deng <deyuan.deng <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 19:41:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 7004

Found in versions 23.2, 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 15046 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15046: 24.3.50; Extra Line under minibuffer in Mac OSX fullscreen
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 18:59:53 +0200
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>> And moreover: In the cases when the text in the mini-window spans to
>>> more than one line, Emacs should expand the height of the mini-window
>>> so that the whole text is visible
>> Unless resize-mini-windows is nil.
>
> At least for echo-area messages, half-lines are kind of useless, since
> it's kind of awkward to see the missing part: if you're lucky you can
> see it by looking for the copy stashed in *Messages*, but otherwise, any
> attempt to run a command which might help would start by erasing
> that message.

Indeed.

> Of course if the "half-line" really shows 90% of the height, the missing
> part is probably not a problem.

But even in that case, a mini-window of 1.X lines high would look awful, IMO.

-- 
Dani Moncayo




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