@vindex resize-mini-windows
The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the
-text that you put in the minibuffer if @code{resize-mini-windows} is
+text that you put in the minibuffer, if @code{resize-mini-windows} is
non-@code{nil}. If @code{resize-mini-windows} is @code{t}, the window
is always resized to fit the size of the text it displays. If
@code{resize-mini-windows} is the symbol @code{grow-only}, the window
-is enlarged when the size of displayed text grows, but never reduced
-in size until it becomes empty, at which point it shrinks back to its
-normal size.
+grows when the size of displayed text increases, but shrinks (back to
+the normal size) only when the minibuffer becomes inactive.
@vindex max-mini-window-height
The variable @code{max-mini-window-height} controls the maximum
If while in the minibuffer you issue a command that displays help text
of any sort in another window, you can use the @kbd{C-M-v} command while
in the minibuffer to scroll the help text. This lasts until you exit
-the minibuffer. This feature is especially useful if the
-minibuffer gives you a list of possible completions. @xref{Other Window}.
+the minibuffer. This feature is especially useful when you display
+a buffer listing possible completions. @xref{Other Window}.
@vindex enable-recursive-minibuffers
Emacs normally disallows most commands that use the minibuffer while
type @key{SPC}, it finds that the completion is @samp{auto-fill-mode},
but it stops completing after @samp{fill-}. This gives
@samp{auto-fill-}. Another @key{SPC} at this point completes all the
-way to @samp{auto-fill-mode}. Typing @key{SPC} in the minibuffer when
-completion is available runs the command
-@code{minibuffer-complete-word}.
+way to @samp{auto-fill-mode}. The command that implements this
+behavior is called @code{minibuffer-complete-word}.
Here are some commands you can use to choose a completion from a
window that displays a list of completions:
lists of completions---those always mention all possible completions.
@vindex completion-auto-help
- Normally, a completion command that finds that the next character is
-undetermined automatically displays a list of all possible
+ Normally, a completion command that cannot determine even one
+additional character automatically displays a list of all possible
completions. If the variable @code{completion-auto-help} is set to
-@code{nil}, this does not happen, and you must type @kbd{?} to display
-the possible completions.
+@code{nil}, this automatic display is disabled, so you must type
+@kbd{?} to display the list of completions.
@cindex Partial Completion mode
@vindex partial-completion-mode