GNU bug report logs - #9096
Don't clear the echo area automatically at every command execution

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Don't clear the echo area automatically at every command execution
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:39:21 +0200

emacs -Q
(message "Hello")
C-p

=> The message disappears, although C-p does not use minibuffer/echo
area in any way.

I've always found this behaviour annoying and counter-productive. It
often happens that I don't even notice a message because of this.

If someone actually likes the current behaviour, could we at least have
an option to prevent commands from clearing the echo area until
necessary?

  Štěpán
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