bug#43572: Feature request: make it possible to choose whether the first lines of the minibuffer should be displayed instead of the last ones

[Gregory Heytings]

> > Your reaction is saddening.  I'm very sorry to read this, but you 
> > rejected all my attempts to solve that problem so far, so that's not 
> > surprising.
>
> I rejected what clearly looked like unsafe and unclean design.  Please 
> respect the opinions of those who have deeper knowledge of Emacs 
> internals and many years of experience hacking them.  Your insistence on 
> doing things in sub-optimal ways when much better ways are at hand makes 
> it hard to discuss these issues with you and arrive at sound solutions 
> that can be trusted not to produce bugs in the future.

I won't go in that direction, I will not start a public quarrel with you. 
I can only repeat that your reaction is saddening.