GNU bug report logs - #43519
28.0.50; Overlay at end of minibuf hides minibuf's real content

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

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From: Gregory Heytings <ghe <at> sdf.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 43519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43519: 28.0.50; Overlay at end of minibuf hides minibuf's real content
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:05:04 +0000
Hi Stefan,

>> IOW, you leave it entirely to the generic window-display code to select 
>> window-start based just on the value of point?
>
> Yes.  It seems to work very well. Even the corner case regression above 
> doesn't seem very serious and can be addressed using the 
> scroll_conservatively code.
>

I tried your patch, and it works very well indeed.  It seems that it's a 
much deeper change to the code than what I suggested, which would have 
given the same effect but only upon request.  Of course I'm fine with this 
too.




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