From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Rename `mini-' options Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 17:21:01 -0700 Message-ID: <002801c9d5bc$31f99d20$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <000101c9d5a0$03917dc0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <7b501d5c0905151712te5bbe7fqdf5aa18a93448066@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242433276 1875 80.91.229.12 (16 May 2009 00:21:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 00:21:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Deniz Dogan'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 16 02:21:09 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M57eH-0002Na-AL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 02:21:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54134 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M57eG-0000QH-Lr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 May 2009 20:21:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M57eB-0000PF-LB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2009 20:21:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M57e6-0000JQ-1G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2009 20:21:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35630 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M57e5-0000JN-Sm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2009 20:20:57 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet12.oracle.com ([141.146.126.234]:29099) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M57e5-00027s-Br for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2009 20:20:57 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by acsinet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n4G0KdmI013307 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 16 May 2009 00:20:40 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt003.oracle.com (abhmt003.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n4G0LLVC023840; Sat, 16 May 2009 00:21:21 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/98.210.250.59) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 May 2009 17:20:48 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0905151712te5bbe7fqdf5aa18a93448066@mail.gmail.com> Thread-Index: AcnVuxS4fAMva8M4TUiEVK699ankwAAAPTYQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: abhmt003.oracle.com [141.146.116.12] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A09020B.4A0E06E0.033F:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110903 Archived-At: > Unless I had read your post I never would have guessed > `resize-mini-windows' deals with the minibuffer at all. > > resize-mini-windows is a variable defined in `C source code'. > Its value is grow-only > > Documentation: > *How to resize mini-windows. > A value of nil means don't automatically resize mini-windows. > A value of t means resize them to fit the text displayed in them. > A value of `grow-only', the default, means let mini-windows grow > only, until their display becomes empty, at which point the windows > go back to their normal size. > > This is the first time I encounter something called "mini-windows", > but it seems to me, after having read the documentation for the > variable, that the minibuffer is an instance of them? Are there any > other mini-windows or is this just very poorly documented? Just poorly named and poorly documented. What is meant is the (active) minibuffer window. There can be more than one minibuffer window, but only one is active at any time.