From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "David Vanderschel" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: New symptom and code Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:16:16 GMT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <0ivGc.18253$T72.289@fe2.texas.rr.com> <40EAEC5D.8040603@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089163096 27670 80.91.224.253 (7 Jul 2004 01:18:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 01:18:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 07 03:18:11 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bi14d-0006vT-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 03:18:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bi16g-0005D7-5R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:20:18 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!216.196.106.144!border2.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!fe2.texas.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.68.174.193 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: fe2.texas.rr.com 1089162976 66.68.174.193 (Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:16:16 CDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:16:16 CDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:124160 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19491 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19491 "Kevin Rodgers" wrote in message news:40EAEC5D.8040603@yahoo.com... > David Vanderschel wrote: > > I should have mentioned that I am using the minibuffer primarily so > > that I can get a temporary multi-line display. Otherwise, I could > > have used message. I am not letting the user edit in the minibuffer. > > I am just showing him some data. The single character he types is > > treated by my program as a command, which then modifies the display. > I don't understand. What's wrong with > (message "First line\nSecond line\nThird line") Well, when I try that, what I see in the echo area is "First line^JSecond line^JThird line" which is not acceptable. Interestingly, what appears in emacs' *Messages* buffer does have real newlines. Is there some setting which affects whether or not newline characters cause the echo area to grow? message was actually my first choice, but I have not been able to see how to make the echo area grow. Regards, David V.