From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:55:59 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: More accurate documentation of 'rmail-mail-new-frame'
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More accurate documentation of 'rmail-mail-new-frame'

* doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Rmail Reply): More accurate documentation
of the effects of 'rmail-mail-new-frame'.  (Bug#69738)

(cherry picked from commit 759dedfab07a1c4db49c1291c9dde2aee648919d)
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
index 51bd6086ce0..f94708b08ac 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
@@ -875,7 +875,10 @@ already composing, or to alter a message you have sent.
   If you set the variable @code{rmail-mail-new-frame} to a
 non-@code{nil} value, then all the Rmail commands to start sending a
 message create a new frame to edit it in.  This frame is deleted when
-you send the message.
+you send the message (but not if it is the only visible frame on the
+current display, or if it's a text-mode frame).  If this frame cannot
+be deleted when you send the message, Emacs will try to reuse it for
+composing subsequent messages.
 @ignore
 @c FIXME does not work with Message -> Kill Message
 , or when you use the @samp{Cancel} item in the @samp{Mail} menu.