[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#3643: marked as done (minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23)

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has caused the Emacs bug report #3643,
regarding minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23
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> minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23
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> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:50:41 +0800
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> Can you believe with emacs23, the first time user doing
> $ emacs
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> That's right, all he needs is a laptop as regular sized as the one Dr. Stallman
> carries around, AND he uses X-windows.
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> Try this test in emacs23
> $ xrdb /dev/null
> $ seq 222 > /tmp/v
> $ emacs -Q /tmp/v # minibuffer inaccessible off the user's monitor, same with -q
> $ emacs -Q -eval '(tool-bar-mode 0)' /tmp/v # needed for emacs23
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> On my monitor, the file is shown with the bottom line being emacs22: 38,
> emacs23: 36.
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> The problem is with emacs23 the minibuffer is inaccessible, beyond the
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> Apparently developers never tested on anything less than long luxurious
> screens or used icewm or something.
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> emacs-version "23.0.94.1"
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> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:56:09 +0100
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> address@hidden skrev 2010-01-26 00.05:
> > JD>  I made some changes.  If 40 doesn't fit we try 24.  If that doesn't
> > JD>  fit we just use 10.
> > Well, you had better also glue it to the top left of the screen, or else
> > your latest attempt ends up like...
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> No, that is what I said erlier, it is up to your window manager placement 
> routine to fix stuff like this.  icewm is not so good here, but trying to fix 
> shortcomings of window managers in Emacs is no use.
> You can file a bug to icewm about this.
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> Closing this.
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>         Jan D.
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