From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23093: 25.0.92; Change for the worse: minibuffer completion window splits below rather that right Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:47:06 +0100 Message-ID: <56F1932A.3060507@gmx.at> References: <87bn66ifc3.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1458672510 5767 80.91.229.3 (22 Mar 2016 18:48:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:48:30 +0000 (UTC) To: "N. 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Customizing =E2=80=98temp-buffer-max-height=E2=80=99 would fix that. > I suppose whether a "portrait" or "landscape" completions window is > better probably depends on the number and length of the completions an= d > also on the user's frame size, so presumably the splitting behaviour > should be a user option. It is. Please customize =E2=80=98display-buffer-alist=E2=80=99 for the b= uffer named *Completions*. > As long as the option is available and documented, I have no opinion o= n > the default, although it would seem more compatible to make it default= > to the old behaviour. martin