GNU bug report logs - #5423
Multiline y-or-n prompt in files.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 18340

Found in versions 23.1.91, 24.4.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 5423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 5423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#5423: Multiline y-or-n prompt in files.el
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:52:07 +0100

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> wrote:
>> find-file-noselect has a multiline y-or-n-p prompt if the file is
>> already visited and modified (and in a different rawness).  That only
>> works when the minibuffer can be resized, sadly.  In my case (separate
>> minibuffer), I only see the beginning of the prompt.
>
> I think multiline text should be displayed in a separate window
> above the minibuffer.  I guess this configuration will also work
> for the case where the minibuffer is displayed in a separate frame.

That sounds a bit strange to me, but maybe I am misunderstanding something?
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