Re: When in no-window use GNU Emacs clips contents in *Backtrace* buffer

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE> writes:
>> Try M-x toggle-truncate-lines RET
>
> Why is GNU Emacs hiding information? No init file is asking it to
> truncate any lines ...

Backtraces without truncate-lines are often quite unreadable and
probably rather scary for an inexperienced user.

Try this:

    M-x toggle-debug-on-quit RET
    M-x customize-face RET
    ^G
    M-x toggle-truncate-lines

...yikes!

-miles

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