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minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23

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From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 3643-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 3643 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3643: emacs -Q doesn't fit on the user's screen
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:56:09 +0100

jidanni <at> jidanni.org skrev 2010-01-26 00.05:
> JD>  I made some changes.  If 40 doesn't fit we try 24.  If that doesn't
> JD>  fit we just use 10.
> Well, you had better also glue it to the top left of the screen, or else
> your latest attempt ends up like...
>

No, that is what I said erlier, it is up to your window manager placement 
routine to fix stuff like this.  icewm is not so good here, but trying to fix 
shortcomings of window managers in Emacs is no use.
You can file a bug to icewm about this.

Closing this.

	Jan D.

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