From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Is there a way to avoid clobbering minibuffer by messages? Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:16:22 +0000 Message-ID: References: <3f004ca9-1f71-2c5b-17f1-e154f209e6d3@gmail.com> <83ilei62o6.fsf@gnu.org> <8d94bd37-d657-cf14-c0cb-372cde983ee0@gmail.com> <837cuy5y2m.fsf@gnu.org> <83fs9m42pc.fsf@gnu.org> <83a5zu3z7a.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1085"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 30 20:16:40 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1phwpD-000AbH-SU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:16:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1phwp1-00065Q-Q6; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:16:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1phwp1-00064x-5C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:16:27 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1phwoz-0004gG-8Q; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:16:26 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1680200183; bh=WI/VDX0+4eBOVFPRloT+QivmNnZw3maspp2oUJ53rJY=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=x9Iu9rm7mc0cUA5LUkhAURpsIdEYg7eqAsw+VeJcZ/USXwzhO6rNsBDp8IegdRVM9 LjBr5w2YQSPZsrlXkH67zdqNr9XDuOflebjyMDMG/5b8bL8MqWoF2hO3e1w1AUcaDM nAFz7rIKjUgrnfcaVsa6Udk2KrNBEzW3oZQlByRXDWuN0OK51fZUOeNrhgN/KSBH3J oCcx6051csboO+wDc5yOETArlUO4lNurZhoznyhj9BiwN30XtKV8PAdEnmH/y0N4An GFNW98J95/q4TGtkwlSs/Pj4r1Z7rH+B/5w5UEoQrahNux9g5NeMSrZ3Hj6l1FM0Ev +payODBC6OInw== In-Reply-To: <83a5zu3z7a.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:143159 Archived-At: >>> As for the other alternatives: no one wrote the code to implement >>> them; patches welcome. >> >> No one? Did you look at the code two messages above? > > Is that part of Emacs? > No, but it could, it's a (kind of) patch. > > And I thought Drew wanted echo-area messages to pop in a separate > buffer. The mode line is not a good place for showing messages, IMNSHO. > Hmmm... why not? It's not perhaps the solution that would suit everyone, but I'd bet some users will prefer that to the way they are currently displayed. A third option would indeed be a kind of pop-up buffer. And there are probably other options.