GNU bug report logs - #61702
Minibuffer scrolling not working when long lines get truncated

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Message #8 received at 61702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Johann Höchtl <johann.hoechtl <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 61702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61702: Minibuffer scrolling not working when long lines get
 truncated
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:38:00 +0200

> From: Johann Höchtl <johann.hoechtl <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:59:04 +0100
> 
> I experience the following annoying behavior: If the text in the minibuffer get's longer than the display width
> and lines are therefore continued on the next line, the minibuffer scrolling no longer works.
> 
> What I mean by that is that it "logically" works as when I press <down> or <up> the indicator correctly
> displays the number of the item I am supposed to choose when pressing <RET> yet I can't visually see
> what I would select.
> 
> First I thought it was a marginalia issue but that's not the case. With marginalia it only shows much more
> easily as marginalia adds text to minibuffer entries thus making lines longer. So this is a thing I can easily
> reproduce when making the whole Emacs window narrow enough to trigger continuation lines in the
> minibuffer.
> 
> Seems to be an issue with the highlight line logic and scrolling?

Thank you for your report.

To help investigate and eventually fix the issue, please provide a
reproducible recipe, preferably starting from "emacs -Q" (if
additional packages are needed, include their loading and activation
in the recipe).  This will make sure we see and investigate the same
issue that you are experiencing, and will prevent misunderstandings.

TIA

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