RE: messages override minibuffer input

[Drew Adams]

> > > A clean solution would be, to have messages concerning your
> > > current input (Mismatched parenthesis, ...) appear at the end
> > > of the minibuffer in brackets.
> >
> > Right-justified?  And wrap the input before it when necessary?  That
> > would cause the least redisplay jitter, I would guess.
>
> Right-justified, yes.  And wrapping just the input, not the message?  This
> wouldn't distract the user when a message appeared before the input wraps,
> only when the input has to be wrapped at the moment a message appears.
>
> Sounds good.  Other opinions on that, anybody?

Yes, against. You are designing a complicated interface for a non-problem.
You will introduce more problems than those you think you see today. Code
cannot reasonably attempt to deal with all likely uses of the echo area in a
sophisticated DWIM fashion.

Please just leave it alone - it ain't broke.