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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes:

> "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@RUM.cs.yale.edu> writes:
>> In order to bring the user's attention to the minibuffer when an item
>> such as "Edit -> Search" is activated from the menu, I was just thinking
>> that we could draw a big rectangle around the minibuffer, blinking
>> (or zooming in-and-out) until some input is typed in.
>
> How about dancing elephants?

They don't fit in my office.

kai
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