(display-message-or-buffer): Compare the number of characters to the frame

width when determining whether a 1-line message string will fit in the echo
area.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index d91434f318e..8c47effeaac 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 2006-02-04  Kevin Rodgers  <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
 
-        * simple.el (display-message-or-buffer): Count screen lines
-        instead of buffer lines when determining whether the message
-        will fit in the echo area/minibuffer window.
+        * simple.el (display-message-or-buffer): Compare the number of
+        characters to the frame width when determining whether a 1-line
+        message string will fit in the echo area.  Count screen lines
+        instead of buffer lines when determining whether a multi-line
+        message will fit in the echo area/minibuffer window.
 
 2006-02-04  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 9ca1cf2c9f3..58b0ba2de57 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1901,11 +1901,14 @@ the contents are inserted into the buffer anyway.
 
 Optional arguments NOT-THIS-WINDOW and FRAME are as for `display-buffer',
 and only used if a buffer is displayed."
-  (cond ((and (stringp message) (not (string-match "\n" message)))
+  (cond ((and (stringp message)
+              (not (string-match "\n" message))
+              (<= (length message) (frame-width)))
          ;; Trivial case where we can use the echo area
          (message "%s" message))
         ((and (stringp message)
-              (= (string-match "\n" message) (1- (length message))))
+              (= (string-match "\n" message) (1- (length message)))
+              (<= (1- (length message)) (frame-width)))
          ;; Trivial case where we can just remove single trailing newline
          (message "%s" (substring message 0 (1- (length message)))))
         (t