[comp.emacs] Transient 'typeout' windows in GNU Emacs

ron@vsedev.UUCP (03/01/87)

Unipress emacs has a feature called 'typeout windows' which provides a
vehicle for transient text to be displayed on the screen similarly to
the way text is displayed using more(1).  The text appears over part
of the top window, then when it is no longer needed, disappears and
restores the screen back to the way it was.

My question is has anyone implemented this under GNU Emacs?  And if so
I would like to get a copy of the lisp code for it.

I remember some discussion on the net several months back about how
this "feature" was not a part of real Emacs.. and several readers
wanted to know how to disable it under Gosling Emacs from Unipress.
But I think it is a nice thing to have for certain types of
information that needs to be displayed to the user, I beleive it
really has it's place (this is only my opinion, please no flames...).

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