Re: GNU Emacs raison d'etre

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On May 17, 2020, at 15:49, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Having status and error messages at the bottom is
> pretty common, and not just in editors.

But is that a decision based on cognitive studies or on technical limitations 
when the solution was implemented ?

> It may be less common to also have an input field there.

FWIW, the macos equivalent to the minibuffer is a "frame" that you can move 
freely around the screen.



Jean-Christophe Helary
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