From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#43572: Feature request: make it possible to choose whether the first lines of the minibuffer should be displayed instead of the last ones Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:24:07 +0300 Message-ID: <833637uubc.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83h7rov7xy.fsf@gnu.org> <837dskuvx3.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40833"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 43572@debbugs.gnu.org To: Gregory Heytings Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 24 16:26:07 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSCF-000AUQ-Aw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:26:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47506 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSCE-0003CZ-9G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58114) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSBC-0001wD-MJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:25:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSBC-0003Wh-Ag for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:25:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSBC-0001z5-83 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 43572 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 43572-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B43572.16009574477560 (code B ref 43572); Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 43572) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Sep 2020 14:24:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41148 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSAI-0001xs-VK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51030) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSAG-0001xO-PH for 43572@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:33812) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSAB-0003Pd-Hi; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:23:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1765 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kLSA9-0001GT-MZ; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:23:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Gregory Heytings on Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:15:54 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:188855 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:15:54 +0000 > From: Gregory Heytings > cc: 43572@debbugs.gnu.org > > >> I can't think of such unintended consequences. In the use case of > >> displaying completion candidates, this (the fact that it affects all > >> successive calls to resize_mini_window) is indeed what is wanted. > > > > Well, I _can_ think of such consequences. As I said, resize_mini_window > > is called in many situations that don't involve completion, so setting > > that variable to affect all of them is a bad idea. We need something > > more fine-grained if we want to implement such a feature. > > > > It would be very helpful if you could clarify what the consequences you > think of are. Just grep the sources for the callers of resize_mini_window, and you will see what I mean. It is not safe to avoid affecting them using the techniques you propose. The text itself should request such special treatment.