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RE: messages override minibuffer input
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: messages override minibuffer input |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:24:49 -0700 |
> Yet quite generally, it confuses me when I type something and
> suddenly the text I have typed disappears. Even when the message
> disappears again when I continue typing, a smooth work flow requires
> that I know the last character I typed before the message appeared
> so that I know where to continue typing while something else is
> displayed.
>
> 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?
Please don't do that. In general, let's try to keep echo-area messages to
one line. If they happen to be so long that they wrap, so be it. So I'd
request that we append without a newline.
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, (continued)
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/16
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/17
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/17
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/22
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/24
- RE: messages override minibuffer input,
Drew Adams <=
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/23
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Drew Adams, 2007/09/23
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/24
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Drew Adams, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/24
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Drew Adams, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Johannes Weiner, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, David Kastrup, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Johannes Weiner, 2007/09/24