From 1511f3cecce73e227a3bbcd7b4d8041fe579f908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:44:55 +0300 Subject: Fix inaccuracies in documentation of 'message-truncate-lines' * doc/lispref/display.texi (Echo Area Customization): * src/xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp): Adjust the documentation of message-truncate-lines to changes that fixed bug#46718. --- doc/lispref/display.texi | 6 +++--- src/xdisp.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 79fb72a464d..7ab2896778d 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -646,9 +646,9 @@ If the value is zero, then command input is not echoed. @defvar message-truncate-lines Normally, displaying a long message resizes the echo area to display -the entire message. But if the variable @code{message-truncate-lines} -is non-@code{nil}, the echo area does not resize, and the message is -truncated to fit it. +the entire message, wrapping long line as needed. But if the variable +@code{message-truncate-lines} is non-@code{nil}, long lines of +echo-area message are instead truncated to fit the mini-window width. @end defvar The variable @code{max-mini-window-height}, which specifies the diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c index 0846af268eb..e853c8c2232 100644 --- a/src/xdisp.c +++ b/src/xdisp.c @@ -35445,7 +35445,7 @@ and `scroll-right' overrides this variable's effect. */); Vhscroll_step = make_fixnum (0); DEFVAR_BOOL ("message-truncate-lines", message_truncate_lines, - doc: /* If non-nil, messages are truncated instead of resizing the echo area. + doc: /* If non-nil, messages are truncated when displaying the echo area. Bind this around calls to `message' to let it take effect. */); message_truncate_lines = false; -- cgit v1.2.3