Re: Feature request : Tab-completion for 'shell-comand'

[Juri Linkov]

>> Yes, these messages overwrite the minibuffer, but instead of temporarily
>> redefining the function `message' as in shell-command.el, it would be
>> better to fix comint.el and shell.el to not display completion messages
>> when the minibuffer is active.  These files already contain places where
>> this check is done this way:
>
>>     (unless (window-minibuffer-p (selected-window))
>>       (message "Completing file name..."))
>
> I think that when the minibuffer is active, we should still output
> a message, only differently (as does minibuffer-message).  Maybe just
> using minibuffer-message (and changing it so it uses plain "message"
> when the minibuffer is not active) would do the trick.

This will require changes in a lot of places to replace `message' with
`minibuffer-message'.

But maybe `message' should take care of the active minibuffer and
display the message at the end of the minibiffer when it is active
using `minibuffer-message'?

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/