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From: David Moore <dmoore@UCSD.EDU>
Date: 23 Dec 1996 11:57:51 -0800
In-Reply-To: Steven L Baur's message of 23 Dec 1996 10:03:34 -0800
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Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:

> Greg> While we're on the subject, another thing I've always found
> Greg> annoying occurs when you're entering something in the minibuffer
> Greg> and you exceed the width of the screen.  It scrolls left by a
> Greg> full screen and all you see is the cursor, with no context.  If
> Greg> it only scrolled like 1/4 screen at a time it would be much
> Greg> nicer.  If there's already a package or variable to do this let
> Greg> me know - maybe it should be the default?
> 
> There's rsz-minibuffer.  There's code in the sample.emacs to turn it
> on.  There are problems with some of the settings (see recent postings
> on comp.emacs.xemacs), but the settings:
> 
> (cond (running-xemacs
>        (autoload 'resize-minibuffer-mode "rsz-minibuf" nil t)
>        (resize-minibuffer-mode)
>        (setq resize-minibuffer-window-exactly nil)))
> 
> mostly does a good job.

	I'll have to look at this.  However, the problem I've seen needs
to be fixed in the ''default'' configuration.  For example, when
movemail reports an error under Gnus, I often get stuck a yes/no prompt
where it seems to be _impossible_ to see the message I am being prompted
for.  The minibuffer is scrolled all the way to the point where I insert
text.  And any cursor movement command doesn't show me the line, since
I'm already at the beginning of the insertion area.  I've tried clicking
things, using ^L, trying moving.

	Am I missing something, or can I just not see these messages?
This is with default single attached minibuffer.  At least in the text
window it grows the minibuffer so you can see messages.

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