Re: [PATCH] Support "\n" in icomplete-separator

[Gregory Heytings]

Andrii Kolomoiets:
> > For example, evaluate this buffer:
> >
> > (setq max-mini-window-height 1)
> > (set-frame-width nil 77)
> >
> > Now move point to the "max-mini-window-height" and wait to eldoc 
> > message to come up. What I see in the echo-area is "fer and the echo 
> > area).".

No, the default configuration displays "max-mini-window-height: Maximum 
height for resizing mini-windows (the minibu".

Eli Zaretskii:
> > I see many applications are trying their best to fit the text into the 
> > miniwindow.  Can the display strategy be changed to display the 
> > beginning of the text by default?
>
> We can do that, but I don't think it would be TRT, because the current 
> strategy does work in many use cases.  I thin a better way is to let 
> applications control this aspect of the behavior, because we will never 
> be able to find a solution that always works, what with all the 
> different settings and kinds of display in the mini-window.

I fully agree with you.  And the question is again: given that the 
solution I offered doesn't please you, how should that be done?