> Could you share your config? Perhaps we could make it into a package,  too.

An old version is on the last line of that thread

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=33498

but I attach the latest version here.

 > Now that we have set-message-function and clear-message-function, couldn't you move message display somewhere else?

Nirvana would be a good choice.  But I haven't tried yet.

martin