From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Whitfield Diffie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Collapsing the echo area Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:08:36 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1271227775 3215 80.91.229.12 (14 Apr 2010 06:49:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:49:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 14 08:49:34 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1wPm-0007Nr-5B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:49:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34414 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1wPk-0006Y6-Mu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:49:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O1tu8-0003NE-UI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:08:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54410 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1tu7-0003N6-QO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:08:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1tu6-0001AX-En for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:08:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gx0-f217.google.com ([209.85.217.217]:53899) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1tu6-0001AK-CC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:08:42 -0400 Original-Received: by gxk9 with SMTP id 9so4601296gxk.8 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:08:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NUtbwjdroJ/Na5H7bPX+A8gPFwZRG6qlcy5f2XmucKw=; b=xlxMMbKr8sIcjiOGUBMwpwfS/nF+H12/P1cca6KJDYxc64UF61qKfFMdXMAU5qPgqY z1W152uDqjeb1igqf22jG2cN7gxNWooIKlwiHH8eU3/zH5CyrVDfREikl18mLjQqq2YF yreYYOkf9P5qsGtU8BcBAdgHtlV1LTtUKmxzQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SsZK+KiLtA0qlafrOsRKm8XHSlykhQXrdjnl8888uui/XalWa3PuTikM/Qq2G8Oc/H B0YevsS1wwTHNLvmcS0a+s66NYlci8ZoqQQtJ4ors7IZ7Ofm0bLZFTfskTC9HJ5BSWcU esPttl0kKUoj7vESFjvyr1F9V+4innzNCsLCw= Original-Received: by 10.231.176.68 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:08:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Original-Received: by 10.100.56.27 with SMTP id e27mr11241783ana.194.1271218116244; Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:08:36 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:32:33 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:72671 Archived-At: =A0 =A0Can anyone tell me how to get the echo area to return close without returning to the keyboard. =A0If I execute =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(progn (message "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\n") (sit-for 1) (message "One-line message") (sit-for 5)) The one line message is exhibited at the top of an eight-line-tall echo area which peraists until the second sit terminates. =A0I would like it to have the one-ine message display in an echo area one line high. =A0 =A0(The actual application is to display a count in the echo area while an ascii art image is displayed in the buffer. =A0The tall echo area cuts off the bottom of the picture) =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Many thanks, =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Whi= t