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RE: Missing minibuffer when running emacs -nw


The problem is that Windows gives you a scroll buffer, but emacs doesn't
know that.

Emacs assumes that your current window size is actually your buffer
size, so it sets itself for that window size. With default windows
command prompt settings, that means that your minibuffer is located on
line 300. Considering that you can only see 25 lines at a time, this is
a problem. So you have to decide whether you want your scroll buffer or
your emacs minibuffer. If you want the emacs minibuffer, right click on
the title bar for the window, go to "Layout" and "Height" under "Screen
Buffer Size" equal to the "Height" under "Window Size".

I've been trying for a while to find a way to TELL emacs that you only
want a 25 line window, but nothing I've tried has worked. If you do
figure out a way to get it work and still keep the scroll buffer, I'd
LOVE to hear it. :)

-Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Olle Sundblad
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:13 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Missing minibuffer when running emacs -nw 
> 
> 
> I don't know if this is a Cygwin och Emacs problem:
> 
> When I run "emacs -nw" in a cygwin shell the emacs minibuffer 
> (and menu)
> seems to end up outside the window boundary so I can't see 
> the minibuffer
> until I actually enter it (with M-x). And when I do enter the 
> minibuffer the
> main buffer shows nothing. Is there a way to solve this 
> problem (I didn't
> find anything in the FAQ, or the mail archives)?
> 
> I use Emacs version 20.7.1 and a newly updated version of 
> Cygwin in w2k
> 
> 
> /Olle Sundblad
> 
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