From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Menus with more items than the TTY can display Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:49:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83a9igrqq1.fsf@gnu.org> <5257EA1C.3030000@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1381513793 5466 80.91.229.3 (11 Oct 2013 17:49:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Dani Moncayo , Emacs development discussions To: Dmitry Antipov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 11 19:49:55 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 1VUgqZ-0006dG-AU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:49:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55670 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUgqY-0002NA-VA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:49:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUgqQ-0002E8-2W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:49:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUgqI-0006Sd-Q1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:49:46 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:38491) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUgqI-0006ST-Mp; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:49:38 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id r9BHnaK3026272; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:49:36 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 03962B4149; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:49:35 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <5257EA1C.3030000@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Antipov's message of "Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:07:56 +0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4728=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4728> : inlines <142> : streams <1054104> : uri <1562523> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 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:164105 Archived-At: > +1. Scrolling is indeed the natural solution, I think. > Plus, I think that the menu should not overwrite modeline, like on But I disagree on this one, especially since the frame might be split into many windows, so the "closest" modeline may be very close to the top of the frame. I do agree that the echo area should stay uncovered, so as to be able to display the help-echo. Stefan