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minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23

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From: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: emacs-bug-tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3643: marked as done (minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:57:02 +0000

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and subject line Re: emacs -Q doesn't fit on the user's screen
has caused the Emacs bug report #3643,
regarding minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23
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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:50:41 +0800

Can you believe with emacs23, the first time user doing
$ emacs
will get an emacs with the minibuffer inaccessible off the user's
monitor?!

That's right, all he needs is a laptop as regular sized as the one Dr. Stallman
carries around, AND he uses X-windows.

Try this test in emacs23
$ xrdb /dev/null
$ seq 222 > /tmp/v
$ emacs -Q /tmp/v # minibuffer inaccessible off the user's monitor, same with -q
$ emacs -Q -eval '(tool-bar-mode 0)' /tmp/v # needed for emacs23

On my monitor, the file is shown with the bottom line being emacs22: 38,
emacs23: 36.

The problem is with emacs23 the minibuffer is inaccessible, beyond the
bottom.

Apparently developers never tested on anything less than long luxurious
screens or used icewm or something.

emacs-version "23.0.94.1"

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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: Re: 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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