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23.1; (feature request) scrollable "widget-choose" window

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5909 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5909: 23.1; (feature request) scrollable "widget-choose" window
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:00:28 +0200

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 11:11 PM Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >    1. Open a graphic terminal, and resize it to (90 columns, 10 rows). This
> >    is quite small, because the largest option list i've found right now is
> >    quite short too.
> >    2. start emacs with "-nw" and "-q" switches.
> >    3. M-x customize-group <RET> killing <RET>
> >    4. Modify a bit the "kill ring max" property.
> >    5. Put the cursor on the associated "[State]" text and type <RET>.
> >    6. Now you shoud see the widget-choose buffer, but showing only part of
> >    the text (similar to the attached screenshot). And there's no way to switch
> >    to that buffer and scroll the text.
>
> With Emacs built from master, I followed these steps using xfce4 terminal
> emulator.
>
> After step 6, I typed C-M-v, as I'm used with a *Help* buffer, and I was able
> to scroll the widget-choose buffer.

Same here (GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-cygwin)).

> So I think this wishlist item is fulfilled.

Agreed.  Thanks.

-- 
Dani Moncayo

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