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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, |
| 144 | however. You cannot switch buffers in it---the minibuffer and its | 143 | however. You cannot switch buffers in it---the minibuffer and its |
| 145 | window are permanently attached. Also, you cannot split or kill the | 144 | window are permanently attached. Also, you cannot split or kill the |
| 146 | minibuffer window. But you can make it taller in the normal fashion | 145 | minibuffer window. But you can make it taller in the normal fashion |
| 147 | with @kbd{C-x ^}. The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary | 146 | with @kbd{C-x ^}. |
| 148 | to 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 |
| 150 | the minibuffer window: if a floating-point number, it specifies a | 149 | The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the text |
| 151 | fraction of the frame's height; if an integer, it specifies the maximum | 150 | that you put in the minibuffer if @code{resize-mini-windows} is |
| 152 | number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer window is not resized. The | 151 | non-@code{nil}. If @code{resize-mini-windows} is @code{t}, the window |
| 153 | default value is 0.25. | 152 | is 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 | ||
| 154 | is enlarged only, until it becomes empty again, at which point it | ||
| 155 | shrinks to its normal size again. | ||
| 156 | |||
| 157 | @vindex max-mini-window-height | ||
| 158 | Customize the variable @code{max-mini-window-height} to control the | ||
| 159 | maximum height for resizing the minibuffer window: if a floating-point | ||
| 160 | number, it specifies a fraction of the frame's height; if an integer, | ||
| 161 | it specifies the maximum number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer | ||
| 162 | window 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 |