From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Menus with more items than the TTY can display Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:11:13 +0200 Message-ID: <52601A31.1040603@gmx.at> References: <83a9igrqq1.fsf@gnu.org> <5257E3B3.4070508@yandex.ru> <834n8nswas.fsf@gnu.org> <831u3nrhf9.fsf@gnu.org> <525D8938.6080208@gmx.at> <83hacipd88.fsf@gnu.org> <525E43D8.6060109@gmx.at> <83bo2pp7kd.fsf@gnu.org> <525ED0CE.9010001@gmx.at> <834n8hozdu.fsf@gnu.org> <525EDC1A.9070201@gmx.at> <831u3loxcy.fsf@gnu.org> <525FAD69.9010901@gmx.at> <83ppr3ookb.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1382029894 17267 80.91.229.3 (17 Oct 2013 17:11:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:11:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 17 19:11:38 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VWr6k-0002f4-VY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:11:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53513 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWr6k-0005Gh-GM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:11:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35452) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWr6a-0005FR-W0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:11:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWr6T-0006bR-DE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:11:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:55942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWr6T-0006as-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:11:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.47.40.188] ([62.47.40.188]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0LuwiT-1VgAk90vjN-0104pd for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:11:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83ppr3ookb.fsf@gnu.org> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:C4fuBUP6sEAGr/QmltMmowNHfvtU7IbwVoPo9CA/AYQEkoiqFah lhAQ5SAGaQzN3JxqzU45LS/PTlW7WQyzXHu9iKqosYkuWgHnY2PuTXh6cLIaEmgE2g15YXo u4TNSvkMbGxbFZJcdyAGnVVB2/MPPab3Vvh4hYVyGGSJrHa8XFgxHLwpbRCJiLcPpYgPopj flCEujjrQNnNJcgHQP1TA== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.20 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:164268 Archived-At: > But perhaps first it would be worthwhile to try using xterm on the > Debian box, and start "emacs -Q -nw" from that xterm. That is > simpler, and should work like PuTTY does. In xterm menus work without problems. The problem occurs only with the xfce terminal emulator. And there it is related to the font size in the sense that choosing a large font size makes it appear earlier and more likely. martin