dmb@morgoth.UUCP (06/03/87)
[ GNU Emacs 18.37 on a MicroVAX II under Ultrix 2.0 ]
Occasionally while I'm in the minibuffer, the text goes off the
screen. This can happen while I'm using filename completion or
yanking lisp code to be evaluated. Sometimes I'd like to edit the
minibuffer before I send it off. If I want to see what's off the
screen, I'm screwed! Using scroll-left while in the minibuffer causes
emacs to go berserk, eventually winding up with a fatal error. This
happens with scroll-left bound to a key. I haven't figured out how to
test it using M-x.
So:
1. Watch out!! Possible lossage!!
2. Why does this happen?
3. Can we fix it?
David Brown
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IS FALSEnate@cpocd2.UUCP (Nate Hess) (06/04/87)
In article <420@morgoth.UUCP> dmb@morgoth.UUCP (David M. Brown) writes: >[ GNU Emacs 18.37 on a MicroVAX II under Ultrix 2.0 ] > >Occasionally while I'm in the minibuffer, the text goes off the >screen. This can happen while I'm using filename completion or >yanking lisp code to be evaluated. Sometimes I'd like to edit the >minibuffer before I send it off. If I want to see what's off the >screen, I'm screwed! Using scroll-left while in the minibuffer causes >emacs to go berserk, eventually winding up with a fatal error. > >David Brown What I do when the text in the minibuffer goes off the screen (when typing in long file names or using regular expressions involving ^J, for example), is to simply increase the number of lines in the minibuffer using 'enlarge-window' (C-x ^). In Version 18.41 the minibuffer grows just like any other window would, and then shrinks back to one window when the command is complete. There is probably a good chance that this would also work in 18.37. --Nate Hess -- "How did you get your mind to tilt like your hat?" ...!{decwrl|hplabs!oliveb|pur-ee|qantel|amd}!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!nate <domainish> : nate@cpocd2.intel.com ATT : (602) 961-2037