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25.0.92; Change for the worse: minibuffer completion window splits below rather that right

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 23093 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#23093: 25.0.92; Change for the worse: minibuffer completion window splits below rather that right
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:39:18 +0300

> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:37:43 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, 23093 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  > Thanks.  However, I have a difficulty understanding this part of the
>  > NEWS entry:
>  >
>  >    *** The minibuffer completions window is now displayed at the bottom of
>  >    the selected frame and always fit to its buffer.
>  >
>  > There are 2 unclear aspects here: (a) who is "it" in "its buffer", and
>  > (b) what does "fit to" mean.
>  >
>  > Does the following rewording convey the same ideas?
>  >
>  >    *** The window displaying the '*Completions*' buffer with minibuffer
>  >    completion candidates is now shown at the bottom of the selected
>  >    frame.  The size of that window is always as large as required to
>  >    display all the candidates, except when limited by the minimum size
>  >    of the other windows on that frame; those other windows are resized
>  >    to provide space for the '*Completions*' display.
> 
> It does so.  If necessary, please reword the manual text as well.

Done, thanks.

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