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From: jak@cs.brown.edu (Jak Kirman)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Scrolling minibuffer horizontally
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Date: 30 Dec 90 16:17:53 GMT
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I am using gnuemacs 18.55.

When I get a message in the minibuffer, I would like to be able to
scroll it horizontally.  I do not know how to do this without making the
message go away...  Is there a method for doing this?  Is there a ring
of messages?  Has anyone implemented a package that will let you scroll
through the last N minibuffer messages?

The other problem I have with the minibuffer is that if I am typing in
it and I go past the right edge of the screen, it scrolls the full width
of the screen.  This means that I can't see the last few characters that
I typed, and often I have to keep toggling back and forth with C-a and
C-e.  Is there a way to make it scroll less?

Thanks.
                                Jak                            jak@cs.brown.edu
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