bug#43813: [BUG] current-message not working with minibuffer-message

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: pinkanon pinkanon <pinkanon.pinkanon@yandex.com>
> Cc: "43813@debbugs.gnu.org" <43813@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:43:33 +0300
> 
> I am doing an eldoc sort of thing and I don't want my hint messages 
> interfering with any other, probably more
> important, messages. I want to do it by seeing if there's anything at all 
> displayed currently in the mini window
> and, if not, show my hint. I guess current-message should meet most of my 
> needs, but I got curious and
> asked anyhow.

If the minibuffer is active (i.e. the user is typing a response for
some prompt), the hints you show via 'message' will not overwrite the
minibuffer stuff, but will be shown after it.  So you should have no
problems due to minibuffer editing in your application.