Re: [External] : Re: Is there a way to avoid clobbering minibuffer by messages?

[Gregory Heytings]

> > Hmmm... why not?
>
> Not enough screen estate, and cannot be enlarged to show more than one 
> screen line.  You cannot base a general-purpose feature such as 
> echo-area messages on the assumption that the message will never need 
> more than one screen line.

You may have seen that the mode-line is (on purpose) used if and only if 
the minibuffer is active.  IOW, most messages are still displayed in the 
echo area.

> > It's not perhaps the solution that would suit everyone, but I'd bet 
> > some users will prefer that to the way they are currently displayed. A 
> > third option would indeed be a kind of pop-up buffer.  And there are 
> > probably other options.
>
> Popup buffer and popup frame (perhaps a child frame?) are IMO the only 
> viable alternatives that are worth having in Emacs.

A popup frame is not an option for terminal users.  A popup buffer could 
be an option, but if I had to choose between the two, I think I would 
choose the mode-line one, which is IMO less disturbing.