changeset 39217:b04316079103

Clarify recent changes.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Mon, 10 Sep 2001 05:07:54 +0000
parents 54660f1e0e30
children 888795a94d9f
files lispref/display.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/display.texi	Mon Sep 10 05:01:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/lispref/display.texi	Mon Sep 10 05:07:54 2001 +0000
@@ -199,11 +199,10 @@
 minibuffer contents back onto the screen immediately.
 
 @vindex message-truncate-lines
-Normally, if the message is longer than one line, the echo area is
-resized to display the message in its entirety.  But if the variable
-@code{message-truncate-lines} is bound to @code{t}, the echo area does
-not resize, and the message is truncated, as it was done in Emacs 20
-and before.
+Normally, displaying a message that is longer than one line resizes
+the echo area to display the entire message.  But if the variable
+@code{message-truncate-lines} is non-@code{nil}, the echo area does
+not resize, and the message is truncated, as in Emacs 20 and before.
 
 @example
 @group