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Re: *Messages*: how to make lines there wider (ie not truncated)


From: David Combs
Subject: Re: *Messages*: how to make lines there wider (ie not truncated)
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:10:59 +0000 (UTC)

In article <mailman.13289.1105789072.27204.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
>> Date: 15 Jan 2005 00:04:18 -0500
>> 
>> Notice, from the ellipses (dots), how they currently get truncated:
>> 
>> Mark saved where search started
>> 9 lines matched
>> Saving file /dkcjunk/phones.mss...
>> Wrote /dkcjunk/phones.mss
>
>??? What evidence do you have that these ellipses are the sign of
>truncation?  AFAICS, everything you cited are the full text of the
>messages (including the dots), no truncation anywhere in sight.
>
>FWIW, I just looked into my *Messages* buffer, and I clearly see there
>that messages that are too long for the frame are wrapped around using
>continuation lines, not truncated.
>
>So please look closer at what you thought to be the problem and see
>what led you to this incorrect conclusion.

Thanks for clearing it up, Eli.

But I bet I'm not the only one confused by the three-dots, their
meaning.

What do you suppose "..." does mean here, typically?

Thanks,

David





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