From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: *Messages*: how to make lines there wider (ie not truncated) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1106428371 8720 80.91.229.6 (22 Jan 2005 21:12:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:12:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 22 22:12:45 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CsSYn-0007Sv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:12:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CsSku-00054T-TD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:25:16 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!bigboote.WPI.EDU!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1106428259 18583 166.84.1.1 (22 Jan 2005 21:10:59 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:10:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:128051 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23543 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23543 In article , Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) >> Date: 15 Jan 2005 00:04:18 -0500 >> >> Notice, from the ellipses (dots), how they currently get truncated: >> >> Mark saved where search started >> 9 lines matched >> Saving file /dkcjunk/phones.mss... >> Wrote /dkcjunk/phones.mss > >??? What evidence do you have that these ellipses are the sign of >truncation? AFAICS, everything you cited are the full text of the >messages (including the dots), no truncation anywhere in sight. > >FWIW, I just looked into my *Messages* buffer, and I clearly see there >that messages that are too long for the frame are wrapped around using >continuation lines, not truncated. > >So please look closer at what you thought to be the problem and see >what led you to this incorrect conclusion. Thanks for clearing it up, Eli. But I bet I'm not the only one confused by the three-dots, their meaning. What do you suppose "..." does mean here, typically? Thanks, David