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* etc/NEWS: Tell how to revert to previous behaviors regarding
displaying messages when the minibuffer is active.  (Bug#41087)
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Eli Zaretskii 2020-05-09 10:23:49 +03:00
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@ -881,21 +881,27 @@ list the contents of such directories when completing file names.
** Minibuffer
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*** A new user option, 'minibuffer-beginning-of-buffer-movement', has
been introduced to allow controlling how the 'M-<' command works in
*** New user option 'minibuffer-beginning-of-buffer-movement'.
This option allows control of how the 'M-<' command works in
the minibuffer. If non-nil, point will move to the end of the prompt
(if point is after the end of the prompt).
(if point is after the end of the prompt). The default is nil, which
preserves the original behavior of 'M-<' moving to the beginning of
the prompt.
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*** When the minibuffer is active, echo-area messages are displayed at
the end of the minibuffer instead of hiding the minibuffer by the echo
area display. The new user option 'minibuffer-message-clear-timeout'
controls how messages displayed in this situation are removed from the
minibuffer.
minibuffer. To revert to previous behavior, where echo-area messages
temporarily overwrote the minibuffer contents until the user typed
something, set 'set-message-function' and 'clear-message-function' to
nil.
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*** Minibuffer now uses 'minibuffer-message' to display error messages
at the end of the active minibuffer.
at the end of the active minibuffer. To disable this, remove
'minibuffer-error-initialize' from 'minibuffer-setup-hook'.
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*** 'y-or-n-p' now uses the minibuffer to read 'y' or 'n' answer.