From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Potential problem of minibuffer-message Date: 11 Apr 2003 13:37:55 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200304100144.KAA16944@etlken.m17n.org> <200304101344.h3ADiMe3003713@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200304110222.LAA18413@etlken.m17n.org> <200304110431.NAA18545@etlken.m17n.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050035960 18126 80.91.224.249 (11 Apr 2003 04:39:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 04:39:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 11 06:39:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 193qJq-0004iD-00 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:39:18 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 193qP7-0008BJ-00 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:44:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 193qJZ-00082h-07 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 193qJF-0007pj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:38:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 193qJB-0007fX-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:38:38 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 193qJ9-0007Tu-00; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:38:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.192])h3B4c3M26998; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:38:03 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id h3B4c2027371; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:38:02 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edsgm01.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.50.208.11]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id h3B4bvC16101; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:38:00 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) id NAA17569; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:37:57 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) with ESMTP id h3B4buNH007016; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:37:56 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id F2E543704; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:37:55 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Kenichi Handa System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200304110431.NAA18545@etlken.m17n.org> Original-Lines: 19 Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13136 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13136 Kenichi Handa writes: > > How about using an overlay with an `after-string' property, located at > > the end of the minibuffer, for the minibuffer-message message itself? > > Then there's no modification/insertion at all... > > Unfortunately, the cursor is shown after that `after-string' > in that case. Oh yeah, that !@#*& problem -- I ran in the same thing when I was trying to do my `error messages don't obscure the users input' patch a long time ago. That behavior really should simply be fixed, it's stupid (but unfortunately, not entirely trivial to fix either). -Miles -- "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Ghandi