Re: Permanently increase size of minibuffer / echo area

> From: Joost Kremers <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 17:19:32 +0200
> 
> >> So I was wondering: is there a better way to make sure that the minibuffer
> >> / echo area is always at least 2 lines high, even when it's empty? Is there
> >> perhaps even a "right" way to do it?
> >
> > The "right" (and IMO the _only_) way of doing that is to do it on the
> > C level.  Because various places in C reset the mini-window back to
> > its single-line empty state.  So we need some optional feature to make
> > that default size be N lines tall instead.
> 
> Thanks, Eli, for the quick answer. Do you think that might be doable for
> someone who's not very familiar with Emacs's C code?

It will certainly take some learning, but we are fortunate to have a
few people on board who can help.