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29.4; x-popup-menu in emacs built with lucid xtoolkit can't scroll

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 72791 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72791: 29.4; x-popup-menu in emacs built with lucid xtoolkit can't scroll
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:49:59 +0300

> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>,  thievol <at> posteo.net,  72791 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 06:28:54 +0000
> 
> >> > when Emacs is built with "--with-x-toolkit=lucid" a menu displayed by
> >> > x-popup-menu and larger than (window-height) doesn't have a scroll bar.
> >> > The part which is shown is the center part (first lines and last lines
> >> > doesn't appear).  This doesn't happen with a default build (gtk).
> >> >
> >> > I don't know if it is a misfeature of Lucid or an emacs bug.
> >> 
> >> lwlib doesn't support this feature.  I suggest building with Motif.
> >
> > OK, but why (window-height)?  Is the intent to the frame height, or
> > the height of the screen, perhaps?  I don't understand why the height
> > of the menu should be limited by the window.
> 
> Yes, you are right, I meant the height of the screen.

OK, thanks.

I've added a PROBLEMS entry about this, and I think we should close
this bug with that.

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