bug#5715: 23.1.91; setting `truncate-lines' disables multiline minibuffer input editing

bug#5715: 23.1.91; setting `truncate-lines' disables multiline minibuffer input editing

[Štěpán Němec]

Steps to reproduce:
emacs -Q
(setq-default truncate-lines t)

Now in the minibuffer, always only single line is displayed during input
editing (e.g. try M-x C-q C-j).

Same thing happens with Emacs 21 and 22, now I tried.

Am I the only one who fails to see why setting `truncate-lines' should
affect this?

I can use

(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook (lambda () (setq truncate-lines nil)))

to work around that, but I find this really weird.


Best regards,

     Štěpán

bug#5715: 23.1.91; setting `truncate-lines' disables multiline minibuffer input editing

[Glenn Morris]

> (setq-default truncate-lines t)

This no longer affects the minibuffer.

bug#5715: 23.1.91; setting `truncate-lines' disables multiline minibuffer input editing

[Štěpán Němec]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:31:40 +0200
Glenn Morris wrote:

>> (setq-default truncate-lines t)
>
> This no longer affects the minibuffer.

OK. Thanks (I can't test now or any time soon, but I suppose your
workaround (r105906) does what it looks it does).

But is there any reason a proper fix wouldn't be better? Having
truncated lines in the minibuffer seems a perfectly valid thing to wish
for.

If for some reason that is impossible, could you please at least
document that limitation?

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Štěpán