Re: Introduce eldoc support in minibuffer

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Thierry Volpiatto <address@hidden> writes:

> Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Thierry Volpiatto <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> Thierry Volpiatto <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> when editing code in minibuffer (M-:) eldoc is not available.
>>>>> This patch provide this feature.
>>>>> eldoc is displayed in mode-line.
>>>>
>>>> Can the code that displays something in the modeline be used for something 
>>>> else?
>>> Yes, try (eldoc-show-in-mode-line "foo")
>>
>> I was thinking more of something that is not necessarily related to
>> eldoc, like an API that can be used to display in modeline and maybe a
>> minor mode to turn on/off.
> No, that is for eldoc essentially.

Wouldn't it be better if it was a bit more generic so other parts of
emacs could use it?