Re: resize_mini_window question

[Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:02:13PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Yes I know.  The problem with this was that in my case the user could be
>> expecting to see as many lines as specified in max-mini-window-height as
>> an integer.
>
>I think that is simply a problem of wrong expectations, which we could
>somewhat fix by tweaking the documentation like you suggested.
>
Maybe:

   DEFVAR_LISP ("max-mini-window-height", Vmax_mini_window_height,
     doc: /* Maximum height for resizing mini-windows (the minibuffer and the echo area).
If a float, it specifies a fraction of the mini-window frame's height.
If an integer, it specifies a number of lines with the frame's default char
height.  */);
   Vmax_mini_window_height = make_float (0.25);

>> The external package used to force an enlarge-window but I feel that
>> this is somehow a workaround.
>
>Indeed.  I think it's important to find a solution to the
>"disappearing prompt" that doesn't involve this since enlarging the
>window is not always an option either.
>
>
I already solved it in icomplete then. If we assume that the problem is
the wrong expectations then the solution is trivial with the current
changes in icomplete.

Best,
Ergus