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Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:

> Is there any reason a few characters couldn't be used for this in the
> left part of the minibuffer/echo area, without making that area
> completely unusable?

Harder to implement. You would need to add a minor mode for the
minibuffer, which shows this fixed string. And for the echo area, you
would also need to touch `message' and friends.

Best regards, Michael.