[feature request] no mode-line, minibuffer pops up as needed

[Joe Corneli]

I would like to be able to edit totally full screen, much in the
same style as one sees upon invoking

  (make-frame (quote ((minibuffer . only))))

But I would like to have the buffer in which I'm editing be a normal
buffer (so I could change buffers, find files, and so on -- no
limitations that aren't present a normal buffer).

I would also like the minibuffer to hide except when I am using it
to enter commands or when Emacs has a message for me.

I don't think there is any way to do this with the current Emacs,
but if there is, then it would be nice if it turned up apropos of
"mode-line".


In GNU Emacs 21.3.50.6 (powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2004-04-11 on hope-of-a-stone.local
configured using `configure '--with-x' '--without-carbon' 
'CFLAGS=-I/sw/include' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/sw/include' 'LDFLAGS=-L/sw/lib''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-x C-e <return> C-x C-s <switch-frame> <down> <down> 
C-x o <switch-frame> <down> <switch-frame> C-x o <switch-frame> 
<down> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <down> C-v C-v 
C-v M-< <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> 
M-e <down> C-v C-v C-v C-v <up> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <up> <down> M-< M-x r e p o r 
t <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
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