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Re: messages override minibuffer input


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: messages override minibuffer input
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:12:37 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Johannes Weiner <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 05:54:44PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
>> If we put such messages at the end, that may cause the minibuffer
>> to grow by a line.  Would you find that disturbing?
>> 
>> If not, perhaps the thing to do is to put the message below the
>> current input, always growing the minibuffer.  Or put the message
>> above the minibuffer contents.  What would you think of that?
>
> Growing is not smooth.  If you grow to the top, the above line distracts you
> if you normally read text from top to bottom.  If you grow to the bottom, the
> original minibuffer line where you currently type in moves one line up.  So I
> would prefer to avoid growing the minibuffer whenever possible.  If the
> content wraps, then growing to the bottom as it is right now, is okay.
>
> A clean solution would be, to have messages concerning your current input
> (Mismatched parenthesis, ...) appear at the end of the minibuffer in
> brackets.

Right-justified?  And wrap the input before it when necessary?  That
would cause the least redisplay jitter, I would guess.

-- 
David Kastrup




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