Re: Feature request : Tab-completion for 'shell-comand'

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Johan Bockgård wrote:
> Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > However, I still don't see a solution for the problem how to display
> > the message (such as "[Completing command name...]") without a delay,
> > and leave it visible to the user persistently without interfering with
> > the user input.
>
> Use the display margin :)

Or, if that is too small, use the prompt. A single persistent message 
could be added before the prompt (but technically be a part of the 
prompt during the display).

When discarding the message it could be added to the message buffer.