Re: Is there a way to avoid clobbering minibuffer by messages?

[Gregory Heytings]

> Actually no, I don't think I would want to put messages into the 
> modeline. As I understand it I have multiple modelines on my screen - 
> one for each window, and that would be unnecessary duplication of 
> information.

Did you even try the code?  The message appears only in the modeline of 
the bottom window in the frame, right above the minibuffer.