1. emacs -Q 2. Eval: (custom-set-variables '(icomplete-mode t) '(truncate-lines t)) 3. `M-x a' The cursor is displayed at the end of the minibuffer where input is not visible:
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.0) of 2011-09-14 Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10900000 configured using `configure 'CFLAGS=-g3 -O0 -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-inline -fno-crossjumping'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: en_DK.utf8 value of $LANG: en_US.utf8 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: icomplete-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: C-y C-M-a C-M-x M-x a C-g C-g M-x r e p o r t <tab> <return> Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Loading icomplete...done Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr message format-spec rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mailabbrev mail-utils gmm-utils mailheader emacsbug icomplete cus-start cus-load time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)
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