GNU bug report logs - #77015
31.0.50; Too many menu bar lines corrupt -nw display

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Message #17 received at 77015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 77015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77015: 31.0.50; Too many menu bar lines corrupt -nw display
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:36:10 +0200

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at,  77015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:39:55 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Cc: 77015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:04:57 +0100
> >> 
> >> Looking at display_menu_bar in xdisp.c I see that only ever one line of
> >> menu-bar is displayed, the rest of the lines are cleared. Which begs the
> >> question what this is good for, IMO. Maybe one should just restrict the
> >> valid values of menu-bar-lines to 0 and 1.
> >
> > If the frame is very narrow, we sometimes need more than one menu-bar
> > line.  And that is not limited to TTY menu bars (so you will not find
> > that in xdisp.c).
> 
> So, could we say that frames on ttys actually use a maximum of 1 line?

Yes, I think so.

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