From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:37:07 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20201105235735.oxouuek66ehu5o45@Ergus> <20201106151541.dpgep7borlja25su@Ergus> <837dqv5huk.fsf@gnu.org> <83mtzp2qj0.fsf@gnu.org> <83r1p11369.fsf@gnu.org> <19ee521b-0a47-60bb-e5b0-ef52393978c8@gmx.at> Reply-To: Gregory Heytings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19564"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (NEB 394 2020-01-19) Cc: martin rudalics , Eli Zaretskii , spacibba@aol.com, Andrii Kolomoiets , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 11 18:38:39 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1kcu4s-000500-R5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:38:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52522 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kcu4r-0005eC-Sm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:38:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58462) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kcu3j-0004uF-1k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:37:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mx.sdf.org ([205.166.94.24]:55070) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kcu3g-0002dU-DR; Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:37:26 -0500 Original-Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:ghe@faeroes.freeshell.org [205.166.94.9]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 0ABHb90K005710 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO); Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:37:09 GMT Original-Received: (from ghe@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id 0ABHbcqc028402; Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:37:38 GMT In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.166.94.24; envelope-from=ghe@sdf.org; helo=mx.sdf.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/11 11:05:19 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:259034 Archived-At: >> Alas, it is practically impossible to create a text that you can be >> sure will fit / be displayed entirely in the minibuffer window. > > I think the core of the argument is that the prompt should fit on a > single line. The problematic cases with icomplete-vertical only occur > when the prompt itself spans multiple lines, but a prompt that spans > multiple lines is already a problem, regardless of icomplete-mode, > because there are setups where the minibuffer is only made of one line > and is not allowed to grow. > > That's the reason why "poor redisplay when prompt > 1 line" is a > low-priority problem: the better solution is to shorten the prompt. > Hmmm... no, the problematic cases also occur for example when the prompt and the initial input span multiple lines. I'll send the recipe one more time: (let (w bd) (setq w 60) (setq bd (concat (temporary-file-directory) (make-string w ?a) "/")) (dolist (d '("a" "b" "c" "d" "e")) (make-directory (concat bd d) t)) (setq default-directory bd) (set-frame-height nil 20) (set-frame-width nil (+ (length bd) 10)) (icomplete-mode) (setq icomplete-separator "\n") (call-interactively 'insert-file))