Hi, 0. Start Emacs (emacs -Q). 1. Set line truncation on by default (setq-default truncate-lines 1). 2. Visit a remote file, with a long path, in a host that require login (C-x C-f /address@hidden:/very-long-path-to-some-remote-file-that-i-want-to-visit-right-now). Obviously, replace "myuser" and "host-that-require-login" with suitable values of user/host (that require login) accessible from your PC. After step #2, there is a problem: The minibuffer prompt (in this case "Password for address@hidden:") is not visible [1]. Even typing C-a, C-b, etc don't bring the prompt back. This is very disconcerting. [1] See attached screenshot "minibuffer-truncate.png", and compare it with the case when `truncate-lines' is turned off "minibuffer-wrap.png". Solution that I suggest for this: Create a variable `truncate-lines-minibuffer', similar to `truncate-lines' but to control line truncation only in the minibuffer. The default value would be 0 (off), because I think that line truncation is in general counterproductive in the minibuffer (I what to see the prompt and whole input I'm writing). In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-06-07 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/build/include' -- Dani Moncayo
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