Hi. New function 'display-message-with-timeout' is brought in for 1.6. It is a very good function, but I'm planning to downgrade it to a function without doc, nor annoucement in news.texi. It's only for the 1.6 release, and the even better one will be in 1.7.
I don't like current display-message. The only way to delete the window for user seems clicking on it. (I once was upset I couldn't delete it. Esc nor Enter doesn't work.) The appearance is a bit shabby, and fonts, color, etc can't be changed. This situation can be fixed. Default timeout can be one of such options, so there's no need of seperate function 'display-message-with-timeout'. One, 'display-message' which accepts timeout too suffices. There're similar devices. Namely, the prompt, and the window for cycling which shows the cycled window name & icon. I think default fonts, color can be common for all of display-message, prompt, etc. (It may be better if user can choose different properties for each of them.) But the whole rewritement requires a lot. First, we have to design the goal. Recoding follows. I don't want to do them all for 1.6. Better design wins. This is why I don't like to have display-message-without-time, a halfway achivement, open to public in 1.6. It is used in two places, so what I'll do is to put "Don't use this. display-message will have timeout option in 1.7". If you have any idea, please let us know it. Regards, Teika (Teika kazura)
