Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
If the echo area automatically accomodates long messages, couldn't the
absolute file name for both the original backup and the fallback be
displayed?
Yes, nowadays that will work. I will make that change.
I do not want to oppose this change, but I just want to remind people that
long mesages are still undesirable, for example because minibuffer-only
frames don't automatically grow.
You can also turn off resize-mini-windows, and max-mini-window-height
may also kick in ...