Subject: Re: bug#12833: 24.2.50; Avoid questions asked in the echo area to be overridden by messages

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:50:58 -0500

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>   (defadvice read-from-minibuffer (around read-around)
>     "Read ... ."
>     (let* ((minibuffer-message-timeout 0))
>       ad-do-it))

>   (ad-activate 'read-from-minibuffer)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Maybe a more radical

  (defadvice read-from-minibuffer (before crush-message activate)
    (message nil))

will do

        Stefan