Re: Nested display strings

[chad]

On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>
>> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:13:54 -0500
>> 
>> Maybe it could be a "something is broken" indicator in the modeline,
>> which when clicked pops up a help buffer with the list of problems.
> 
> The idea is nice, but it won't work on a text terminal without a
> mouse, whereas overlays with display strings do.

How about just a mode-line indicator for ``Something has been added
 to *Messages* without appearing in the echo area''?  

As a starter proposal, we could make something that turns many/all 
of the -'s from %- in mode-line format into !'s, and then bind a command 
to C-h ! that displays the messages.

If color is available, we could splash some on.  If mouse support is 
available, make it clickable.  If tooltips... etc.

*Chad