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emacs-27 4c98aa7: Minor clarifications in NEWS
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
emacs-27 4c98aa7: Minor clarifications in NEWS |
Date: |
Sat, 9 May 2020 03:25:12 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-27
commit 4c98aa7ea56a33740e3af1d1e32b0dc0ad400b85
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Minor clarifications in NEWS
* etc/NEWS: Tell how to revert to previous behaviors regarding
displaying messages when the minibuffer is active. (Bug#41087)
---
etc/NEWS | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 42133b8..bb275b7 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -881,21 +881,27 @@ list the contents of such directories when completing
file names.
** Minibuffer
+++
-*** A new user option, 'minibuffer-beginning-of-buffer-movement', has
-been introduced to allow controlling how the 'M-<' command works in
+*** New user option 'minibuffer-beginning-of-buffer-movement'.
+This option allows control of how the 'M-<' command works in
the minibuffer. If non-nil, point will move to the end of the prompt
-(if point is after the end of the prompt).
+(if point is after the end of the prompt). The default is nil, which
+preserves the original behavior of 'M-<' moving to the beginning of
+the prompt.
+++
*** When the minibuffer is active, echo-area messages are displayed at
the end of the minibuffer instead of hiding the minibuffer by the echo
area display. The new user option 'minibuffer-message-clear-timeout'
controls how messages displayed in this situation are removed from the
-minibuffer.
+minibuffer. To revert to previous behavior, where echo-area messages
+temporarily overwrote the minibuffer contents until the user typed
+something, set 'set-message-function' and 'clear-message-function' to
+nil.
---
*** Minibuffer now uses 'minibuffer-message' to display error messages
-at the end of the active minibuffer.
+at the end of the active minibuffer. To disable this, remove
+'minibuffer-error-initialize' from 'minibuffer-setup-hook'.
+++
*** 'y-or-n-p' now uses the minibuffer to read 'y' or 'n' answer.
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