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author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2000-11-08 17:28:13 +0000 |
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committer | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2000-11-08 17:28:13 +0000 |
commit | 1cf7421bf8d0b7b329be027f4f2cdb67ceb34eaf (patch) | |
tree | bad0ce9e2e36421c12754aa45ce93b0bcf3f7e41 /man/mini.texi | |
parent | a299a6f0738627b6614e180517d34ee2c3084d47 (diff) | |
download | emacs-1cf7421bf8d0b7b329be027f4f2cdb67ceb34eaf.tar.gz |
(Minibuffer Edit): Add description of
resize-mini-windows.
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diff --git a/man/mini.texi b/man/mini.texi index 0e05765afb8..b714f6a2f33 100644 --- a/man/mini.texi +++ b/man/mini.texi @@ -139,18 +139,27 @@ minibuffer window, and then yank the text to use it in the argument. @cindex size of minibuffer @cindex growing minibuffer @cindex resizing minibuffer -@vindex max-mini-window-height There are some restrictions on the use of the minibuffer window, however. You cannot switch buffers in it---the minibuffer and its window are permanently attached. Also, you cannot split or kill the minibuffer window. But you can make it taller in the normal fashion -with @kbd{C-x ^}. The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary -to hold the text that you put in the minibuffer. Customize the variable -@code{max-mini-window-height} to control the maximum height for resizing -the minibuffer window: if a floating-point number, it specifies a -fraction of the frame's height; if an integer, it specifies the maximum -number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer window is not resized. The -default value is 0.25. +with @kbd{C-x ^}. + +@vindex resize-mini-windows + The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the text +that you put in the minibuffer if @code{resize-mini-windows} is +non-@code{nil}. If @code{resize-mini-windows} is @code{t}, the window +is always resized to fit the size of the text it displays. If +@code{resize-mini-windows} is the symbol @code{grow-only}, the window +is enlarged only, until it becomes empty again, at which point it +shrinks to its normal size again. + +@vindex max-mini-window-height + Customize the variable @code{max-mini-window-height} to control the +maximum height for resizing the minibuffer window: if a floating-point +number, it specifies a fraction of the frame's height; if an integer, +it specifies the maximum number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer +window is not resized. The default value is 0.25. @vindex minibuffer-scroll-overlap Scrolling works specially in the minibuffer window. When the |