Re: The future of Follow Mode - a proposal.

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:25:10 -0500
> From: John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org>
> Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> This may seem heretical but I would move the mini-buffer to the topof
> the frame. I can already approximate such a layout using a separate
> mini-buffer frame and the _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL property.
> 
> Ideally there would be a frame parameter that would allow me to specify
> that the mini-buffer should be positioned at the top of the frame.
> 
> My motivation here is that I have a single, large, very high resolution
> screen. I maintain a set of tall, horizontally arrayed windows. I advise
> split-window and delete-window to keep all windows balanced. Since
> these windows are so tall very often they are only partially filled. The
> net effect is that interesting content is concentrated at the top of my
> screen. That being the case needing to look to the bottom of the
> screen to inspect the mode-line and/or mini-buffer only slows me down.
> I would be much happier if I could have:
> * the mini-buffer at the top of its frame
> * the mode-line at the top of its window

It might be much easier to make text display at the bottom of a
window.  Have you considered that possibility?