From 1cf7421bf8d0b7b329be027f4f2cdb67ceb34eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Moellmann Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:28:13 +0000 Subject: (Minibuffer Edit): Add description of resize-mini-windows. --- man/mini.texi | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/mini.texi b/man/mini.texi index 0e05765afb..b714f6a2f3 100644 --- a/man/mini.texi +++ b/man/mini.texi @@ -139,18 +139,27 @@ minibuffer window, and then yank the text to use it in the argument. @cindex size of minibuffer @cindex growing minibuffer @cindex resizing minibuffer -@vindex max-mini-window-height There are some restrictions on the use of the minibuffer window, however. You cannot switch buffers in it---the minibuffer and its window are permanently attached. Also, you cannot split or kill the minibuffer window. But you can make it taller in the normal fashion -with @kbd{C-x ^}. The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary -to hold the text that you put in the minibuffer. Customize the variable -@code{max-mini-window-height} to control the maximum height for resizing -the minibuffer window: if a floating-point number, it specifies a -fraction of the frame's height; if an integer, it specifies the maximum -number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer window is not resized. The -default value is 0.25. +with @kbd{C-x ^}. + +@vindex resize-mini-windows + The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the text +that you put in the minibuffer if @code{resize-mini-windows} is +non-@code{nil}. If @code{resize-mini-windows} is @code{t}, the window +is always resized to fit the size of the text it displays. If +@code{resize-mini-windows} is the symbol @code{grow-only}, the window +is enlarged only, until it becomes empty again, at which point it +shrinks to its normal size again. + +@vindex max-mini-window-height + Customize the variable @code{max-mini-window-height} to control the +maximum height for resizing the minibuffer window: if a floating-point +number, it specifies a fraction of the frame's height; if an integer, +it specifies the maximum number of lines; if nil, the minibuffer +window is not resized. The default value is 0.25. @vindex minibuffer-scroll-overlap Scrolling works specially in the minibuffer window. When the -- cgit v1.2.3