GNU bug report logs - #8358
24.0.50; `minibuffer-scroll-window' with active minibuffer: always *Completions*?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 8358 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'martin rudalics' <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 8358 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8358: 24.0.50;
	`minibuffer-scroll-window' with active minibuffer:
	always	*Completions*?
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:07:51 -0400

> Thanks for the info.  But why should that happen?

Because minibuffer.el wants minibuffer-scroll-window to point to
*Completions* after popping up a list of completions.

> On the contrary.  This is a variable, created presumably to let you
> change the window to be scrolled from the minibuffer.  And the doc
> supports this as the intention.

No, not to "let you ..." but to "let code ...".


        Stefan
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