Subject: Re: 23.0.93; doc for minibuffer-frame-alist

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 00:02:10 -0400

>  Alist of parameters for initial minibuffer frame.
>  You can set this in your init file; for example,
> 
>   (setq minibuffer-frame-alist
>         '((top . 1) (left . 1) (width . 80) (height . 2)))
> 
>  Parameters specified here supersede the values given in
>  `default-frame-alist', for a minibuffer frame.
> 
> But this option is *only* for a standalone minibuffer frame, and such
> a frame must have this frame parameter: (minibuffer . only). So that
> example is a bad one.

Actually, (minibuffer . only) is automatically appended.

> What does "if such a frame is needed" mean here?  When (why) would it
> be needed?

I clarified this in the docstring and the manual.