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27.0; doc of `tooltip-resize-echo-area'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 29805 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29805: [External] : bug#29805: 27.0; doc of `tooltip-resize-echo-area'
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:23:45 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "29805 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <29805 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:51:29 +0000
> 
> The doc says that the echo area gets resized.  That
> effect doesn't occur with a "minibuffer-only" frame.

The effect only happens when the echo-area displays something that is
longer than a single screen line.  Is something being shown in the
echo-area of your minibuffer-only frame?

> Such a frame is as much "echo-area-only" as it is
> "minibuffer-only".

No, it isn't.  The name "echo-area" is reserved to the mini-window,
see Glossary.

> A standalone "minibuffer" frame also manifests the echo area

No, it doesn't.  It serves as the minibuffer window, but it isn't the
echo-area.

> Doc that tells you the echo area gets resized to show
> all of the message text should also tell you that this
> doesn't apply - the ECHO AREA is not resized - if the
> echo area is the only thing in its frame (a so-called
> minibuffer-only, or standalone-minibuffer, frame).

It makes no sense to talk about resizing the minibuffer-only frame,
because it has more than one line to begin with.

> It's a minor bug.

It's not a bug at all.  It should be closed.

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