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authorGerd Moellmann2000-11-08 17:28:13 +0000
committerGerd Moellmann2000-11-08 17:28:13 +0000
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(Minibuffer Edit): Add description of
resize-mini-windows.
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@@ -139,18 +139,27 @@ minibuffer window, and then yank the text to use it in the argument.
139@cindex size of minibuffer 139@cindex size of minibuffer
140@cindex growing minibuffer 140@cindex growing minibuffer
141@cindex resizing minibuffer 141@cindex resizing minibuffer
142@vindex max-mini-window-height
143 There are some restrictions on the use of the minibuffer window, 142 There are some restrictions on the use of the minibuffer window,
144however. You cannot switch buffers in it---the minibuffer and its 143however. You cannot switch buffers in it---the minibuffer and its
145window are permanently attached. Also, you cannot split or kill the 144window are permanently attached. Also, you cannot split or kill the
146minibuffer window. But you can make it taller in the normal fashion 145minibuffer window. But you can make it taller in the normal fashion
147with @kbd{C-x ^}. The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary 146with @kbd{C-x ^}.
148to hold the text that you put in the minibuffer. Customize the variable 147
149@code{max-mini-window-height} to control the maximum height for resizing 148@vindex resize-mini-windows
150the minibuffer window: if a floating-point number, it specifies a 149 The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the text
151fraction of the frame's height; if an integer, it specifies the maximum 150that you put in the minibuffer if @code{resize-mini-windows} is
152number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer window is not resized. The 151non-@code{nil}. If @code{resize-mini-windows} is @code{t}, the window
153default value is 0.25. 152is always resized to fit the size of the text it displays. If
153@code{resize-mini-windows} is the symbol @code{grow-only}, the window
154is enlarged only, until it becomes empty again, at which point it
155shrinks to its normal size again.
156
157@vindex max-mini-window-height
158 Customize the variable @code{max-mini-window-height} to control the
159maximum height for resizing the minibuffer window: if a floating-point
160number, it specifies a fraction of the frame's height; if an integer,
161it specifies the maximum number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer
162window is not resized. The default value is 0.25.
154 163
155@vindex minibuffer-scroll-overlap 164@vindex minibuffer-scroll-overlap
156 Scrolling works specially in the minibuffer window. When the 165 Scrolling works specially in the minibuffer window. When the