GNU bug report logs - #34939
Some minibuffer behaviour is annoying

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: pinkanon pinkanon <pinkanon.pinkanon <at> yandex.ru>, 34939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34939: Some minibuffer behaviour is annoying
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 16:32:31 -0700 (PDT)

> > If you're toying with the idea of replacing
> > `message' behavior with `minibuffer-message'
> > behavior when the minibuffer is active, please ask
> > yourselves what the_real_  problem is that you're
> > trying to solve.
> 
> Avoiding hiding the minibuffer contents while the user is interacting
> with them (e.g. basically anytime the minibuffer is active).

Avoiding hiding ... is a "solution", not a problem.

Well, if you systematically prevent that "hiding"
then yes, you will have introduced a problem.

Count me as one strongly objecting to such a plan.

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