> OK, I understand you now, I think. `message' does this:
>
> if `minibufferp',
> then if `minibuffer-message-at-end'
> then don't erase minibuffer, but append message there
> else temporarily replace minibuffer contents with message
> else temporarily replace any minibuffer contents with message
>
> `minibuffer-message' will just call `message' with non-nil
> `minibuffer-message-at-end'. (However, to keep the current
> behavior in all cases, it should not call `message' if the
> minibuffer is not active, but should instead do nothing.)
I wonder if this can be used to display the isearch prompt while
searching the minibuffer contents? Currently the isearch prompt
completely overwrites the minibuffer contents. I imagine using
`minibuffer-message-at-end' to append the isearch prompt to the
minibuffer contents. For example, with the minibuffer:
Eval: (setq foo 'bar)
typing `C-s foo' will display:
Eval: (setq foo 'bar) [I-search backward: foo]
and `foo' will be highlighted in `isearch' face, as usual.
Not bad (but don't you mean C-r for backward search)? I like it.
Anyway, this seems orthogonal to the discussion of merging message and
minibuffer-message. Couldn't this be done today, just by using
minibuffer-message instead of message?
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