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26.1; global-eldoc-mode minibuffer noise is very annoying

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 35887 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> gmail.com, Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Subject: bug#35887: 26.1; global-eldoc-mode minibuffer noise is very annoying
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 16:30:35 +0300

On 04.06.2019 11:21, martin rudalics wrote:
> Would you consider an application like Firefox operational if
> you launch it for the first time in your live, spin your mouse-wheel
> to find out whether there's something below the part you see on your
> screen and get a bell ringing and the information that you are at the
> end of a thing called "buffer"?  Or that after selecting some text
> with the mouse you just have "Mark set"?

It almost feels like the general approach for a long time has been to 
compensate the general "clunkiness" (or at least peculiarity) of some UI 
corners with extra verbosity.

It's like the program is saying "it's okay if we're doing unusual 
things, but we'll tell you everything we're doing along the way".

I don't find it jarring myself, but we could probably do better.

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