# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1011568636 0
# Node ID 03dd2df2b595ab9e7a0ae1cd88462a2968eb05cc
# Parent  40d08b8571ec746659aa364f9ae79a413e3a89b1
(Mode Line Format): Short windows can suppress the mode line and header line.

diff -r 40d08b8571ec -r 03dd2df2b595 lispref/modes.texi
--- a/lispref/modes.texi	Sun Jan 20 23:13:29 2002 +0000
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi	Sun Jan 20 23:17:16 2002 +0000
@@ -1082,6 +1082,12 @@
   The mode line is usually displayed in inverse video; see
 @code{mode-line-inverse-video} in @ref{Inverse Video}.
 
+  A window that is just one line tall does not display either a mode
+line or a header line, even if the variables call for one.  A window
+that is two lines tall cannot display both a mode line and a header
+line at once; if the variables call for both, only the mode line
+actually appears.
+
 @menu
 * Mode Line Data::        The data structure that controls the mode line.
 * Mode Line Variables::   Variables used in that data structure.