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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is there a way to avoid clobbering minibuffer by messages?
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:05:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e246266e9f40e7a19d45@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837cuy5y2m.fsf@gnu.org>

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>
> If that is what you see, then it's the intended behavior.  That you are 
> not used to it doesn't mean it's incorrect or broken. Functionally, it 
> does the job, and we don't have any better alternatives for the case 
> when a message should be shown when the minibuffer is active.
>

It's true that we don't have any better _built-in_ alternatives, but I 
think what the OP wants is something like the code in the attached file.

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(defface mode-line-minibuffer-message-face
  `((t (:background ,(face-attribute 'default :background))))
  "")
(defvar-local mode-line-minibuffer-message-string nil)
(defvar mode-line-minibuffer-message-buffer nil)
(defvar mode-line-minibuffer-message-timer nil)
(defun mode-line-minibuffer-message-clear ()
  (when (not noninteractive)
    (when (timerp minibuffer-message-timer)
      (cancel-timer mode-line-minibuffer-message-timer)
      (setq mode-line-minibuffer-message-timer nil))
    (when (buffer-live-p mode-line-minibuffer-message-buffer)
      (with-current-buffer mode-line-minibuffer-message-buffer
	(setq mode-line-minibuffer-message-string nil)
	(force-mode-line-update)))))
(defun mode-line-minibuffer-message-set (message)
  (let* ((minibuf-window (active-minibuffer-window))
         (minibuf-frame (and (window-live-p minibuf-window)
                             (window-frame minibuf-window))))
    (when (and (not noninteractive)
               (window-live-p minibuf-window)
               (or (eq (window-frame) minibuf-frame)
                   (eq (frame-parameter minibuf-frame 'minibuffer) 'only)))
      (progn
        (when (numberp minibuffer-message-clear-timeout)
          (setq mode-line-minibuffer-message-timer
                (run-with-timer minibuffer-message-clear-timeout nil
                                #'mode-line-minibuffer-message-clear)))
        (with-current-buffer
            (window-buffer
             (or (window-in-direction 'above minibuf-window)
                 (minibuffer-selected-window)
                 (get-largest-window)))
          (mode-line-minibuffer-message-clear)
          (setq mode-line-minibuffer-message-buffer (current-buffer))
          (when (and mode-line-format
                     (not (and (listp mode-line-format)
                               (assq 'mode-line-minibuffer-message-string
                                     mode-line-format))))
            (setq mode-line-format
                  (list '(mode-line-minibuffer-message-string
                          (:eval mode-line-minibuffer-message-string))
                        mode-line-format)))
	  (setq mode-line-minibuffer-message-string message)
	  (add-face-text-property 0 (length mode-line-minibuffer-message-string)
				  'mode-line-minibuffer-message-face t
				  mode-line-minibuffer-message-string)
          (force-mode-line-update))
        t))))
(setq clear-message-function #'mode-line-minibuffer-message-clear)
(setq set-message-function #'mode-line-minibuffer-message-set)

  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-30 15:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-30  7:57 Is there a way to avoid clobbering minibuffer by messages? Platon Pronko
2023-03-30  8:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-30  9:40   ` Platon Pronko
2023-03-30 10:32     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-30 15:05       ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2023-03-30 16:28         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-03-30 16:35           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-30 16:49             ` Drew Adams
2023-03-30 17:27               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-30 17:32             ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-30 17:51               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-30 18:14                 ` John Yates
2023-03-30 18:28                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-30 20:08                     ` John Yates
2023-03-31  6:32                       ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-30 18:16                 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-30 18:31                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-30 19:37                     ` Sergey Organov
2023-03-30 19:45                     ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-30 20:02                       ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-30 20:06                         ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-30 19:26             ` Jean Louis
2023-03-31 10:40               ` Eric S Fraga
2023-03-30 19:22           ` Jean Louis
2023-03-31  6:24         ` Platon Pronko
2023-03-31  6:58           ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-31  7:01             ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-31  7:10               ` Platon Pronko
2023-03-31  7:17                 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-31  7:45                   ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-31 11:04                     ` John Covici
2023-03-31 11:09                       ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-31 12:46                         ` John Covici
2023-03-30  9:52 ` Gregory Heytings

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