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

[Gregory Heytings]

> > Actually no, I don't think I would want to put messages into the 
> > modeline. As I understand it I have multiple modelines on my screen - 
> > one for each window, and that would be unnecessary duplication of 
> > information.
>
> Did you even try the code?  The message appears only in the modeline of 
> the bottom window in the frame, right above the minibuffer.

(And it appears in the modeline only when the mini-buffer is active.)