From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: setq max-mini-window-height 1, else user goes nuts Date: 18 Oct 2002 20:38:33 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87iszzyl9y.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1034971949 28233 80.91.224.249 (18 Oct 2002 20:12:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:12:29 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 182dTv-0007L5-00 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:12:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 182dDf-00014Q-00; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 182dD0-0000qM-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:54:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 182dCX-0000gy-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:54:56 -0400 Original-Received: from gnudist.gnu.org ([199.232.41.7]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 182dCX-0000gq-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:54:29 -0400 Original-Received: from msr14.hinet.net ([168.95.4.114] helo=msr.hinet.net) by gnudist.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 182XBO-0003Sx-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:28:54 -0400 Original-Received: from debian (61-227-47-149.HINET-IP.hinet.net [61.227.47.149]) by msr.hinet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA08296 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:24:23 +0800 (CST) Original-Received: from jidanni by debian with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 182WOg-0004zd-00 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:38:34 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Lines: 20 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3705 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3705 The 'up to six or so line high shell command output put right there in the minibuffer for your convenience' upon M-! (or ! in dired) has got to go: It looks so invitingly like the usual real *Shell Command Output* buffer, but if you dare wish to see further into the rest of its contents, if jumps off of the screen like some Halloween prank, and somewhere into the buffer list not easy to reach with any _quick_ keystrokes. I today will begin using (setq max-mini-window-height 1), however this action of mine will not protect generations to come from dealing with this design flaw. Wait, what if the output is indeed one line, but is real long. Then we have the same problem... I cant see to the end of that line, as it is truncated. Ok, I will try (setq max-mini-window-height 0) which ... is ignored as if I said 1 ! same thing happens if I use nil or 0.001 -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780