RE: minibuffer at the top

[Drew Adams]

>  DA> Out of curiosity, was a reason given, other than personal
>  DA> preference? Is there a particular use case envisioned for this?
> 
> Drew, that sounds as if you have not seen my initial posting? ... which
> could easily be the case since I did the first posting to this list + I
> did it via Gmane i.e. I not just read the list via Gmane but also post
> to list through Gmane. As I checked yesterday my initial post was gone
> i.e. I could only see Richards answer with a snippet of my initial post.
> However, now all seems to be fine again (it worked for all other lists
> e.g. Planner, Muse etc. from the beginning) ... whatever ...

Right, I guess I didn't see your OP. 

> You asked for a reason and use case -- this is another snippet, taken
> from my initial post:
> 
> ,----[ Reason why I am asking ... ]
> | Times have changed and nowadays many of us tend to use notebooks. The
> | angle between looking at some notebook screen and some workstation
> | monitor is different. From my point of view it is much more comfortable
> | and healthy to look straight instead of having to "tilt" my head down
> | (even bend my whole body) in order to work with the minibuffer when I
> | use the notebook.
> `----
>  
> As you can see, my reason is manly for health reasons. I think there is
> great value in making a step towards this direction although I am not
> aware of how much work it would be to accomplish this. 

Thanks for the rationale. I have nothing against this.