Re: show_help_echo truncates unconditionally

[Stefan Monnier]

> When tooltip-mode is disabled or more general when show-help-funtion
> is nil the help messages are shown in the echo area.  During display
> message-truncate-display is bound to t.  I suspect this was done to
> avoid a "jumping echo area".  This is nice but i would accept this
> tradeoff to see the whole help message.

> This patch adds a variable show-help-echo-truncate that can be used to
> control this behavior.  It is bound to t to be compatible with the
> current code.

I'd rather find a way to get the best of both worlds without
a config variable.
E.g. using scrolling in the single-line minibuffer, or by only truncating
for the first few seconds and then expanding the echo area if you stay on
the same help-echo spot long enough.


        Stefan