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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:250718 Archived-At: > I think that conflation of the minibuffer and the echo area is one of oldest problems in Emacs. True, unfortunately. It has been stated often enough here (recall last year's 'y-or-n-p' - 'yes-or-no-p' controversy) that this conflation has been carved in stone. martin