RE: minibuffer at the top

[Drew Adams]

>     By default the minibuffer window is at the bottom of a frame (other
>     windows on top the minibuffer). Is it possible to put the
>     minibuffer at
>     the top (other windows below)?
>
> I am neither for nor against this idea.  If a substantial fraction of
> users would like it, then we might want to do it.
>
> It will not be quite as simple as one might think.  There are places
> in the code that assume that the minibuffer comes after main window.

Out of curiosity, was a reason given, other than personal preference? Is
there a particular use case envisioned for this?