Re: messages while the minibuffer is active

[Miles Bader]

BTW, the following change is also required to make the cursor position
correctly on ttys (the #ifdef will be replaced with a run-time test in
the final code):

diff -u src/dispnew.c.\~3\~ src/dispnew.c
--- src/dispnew.c.~3~   Wed Nov  1 08:01:19 2000
+++ src/dispnew.c       Thu Nov 16 00:54:23 2000
@@ -4795,13 +4795,18 @@
   /* Now just clean up termcap drivers and set cursor, etc.  */
   if (!pause)
     {
-      if ((cursor_in_echo_area
+      if (
+#if 0 /* Not true if we're using `setup_echo_area_for_active_minibuffer'. */
+         (cursor_in_echo_area
           /* If we are showing a message instead of the mini-buffer,
              show the cursor for the message instead of for the
              (now hidden) mini-buffer contents.  */
           || (EQ (minibuf_window, selected_window)
               && EQ (minibuf_window, echo_area_window)
               && !NILP (echo_area_buffer[0])))
+#else
+         cursor_in_echo_area
+#endif
          /* These cases apply only to the frame that contains
             the active mini-buffer window.  */
          && FRAME_HAS_MINIBUF_P (f)