> It is not clear to me what that does, but it looks like it displays > the diagnostic on a different screen line, not on the line to which > the diagnostic belongs? > Yes exactly. It shows diagnostics on different screen lines, based on where space is available. > That is strange to hear, because it doesn't allow to have an overview > of the diagnostics at a glance. > Yeah I'm not advocating for this behavior to be included in emacs, just sharing my experience.