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29.0.60; multi-line messages truncated in non-selected minibuffer

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Message #62 received at 60015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 60015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60015: 29.0.60; multi-line messages truncated in
 non-selected minibuffer
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:39:49 +0200

> Juri, does the patch below give good results?  It's a bit of overkill,
> since the mini-window usually doesn't need any resizing, but maybe
> that is not too bad.
>
> If it seems to solve the problem, would you please run with this for a
> couple of weeks, and report back if you see any problems?  If there
> are no problems, I'll then install this on the emacs-29 branch.
>
> diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
> index d14cd46..45da496 100644
> --- a/src/xdisp.c
> +++ b/src/xdisp.c
> @@ -19429,6 +19429,13 @@ redisplay_window (Lisp_Object window, bool just_this_one_p)
>  	    blank_row (w, row, y);
>  	  goto finish_scroll_bars;
>  	}
> +      else if (minibuf_level >= 1)
> +	{
> +	  /* We could have a message produced by set-minibuffer-message
> +	     displayed in the mini-window as an overlay, so resize the
> +	     mini-window if needed.  */
> +	  resize_mini_window (w, false);
> +	}

I tested it for a while and see no problems with it.

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