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RE: messages override minibuffer input
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: messages override minibuffer input |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:13:30 -0700 |
> > > 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.
>
> Right-justified, yes. And wrapping just the input, not the message? This
> wouldn't distract the user when a message appeared before the input wraps,
> only when the input has to be wrapped at the moment a message appears.
>
> Sounds good. Other opinions on that, anybody?
Yes, against. You are designing a complicated interface for a non-problem.
You will introduce more problems than those you think you see today. Code
cannot reasonably attempt to deal with all likely uses of the echo area in a
sophisticated DWIM fashion.
Please just leave it alone - it ain't broke.
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, (continued)
- 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
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/25
- RE: messages override minibuffer input,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/25
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Davis Herring, 2007/09/17
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/17
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Davis Herring, 2007/09/24
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Drew Adams, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/25
Re: messages override minibuffer input, Davis Herring, 2007/09/10