Experimental don't-dump-extra-messages-into-the-MOW support.

common/content/commandline.js

@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ var CommandWidgets = Class("CommandWidgets", {
                                 id: "dactyl-container", highlight: "CmdLine CmdCmdLine" },
                         ["textbox", { class: "plain", id: "dactyl-strut",   flex: "1", crop: "end", collapsed: "true" }],
                         ["textbox", { class: "plain", id: "dactyl-mode",    flex: "1", crop: "end" }],
-                        ["textbox", { class: "plain", id: "dactyl-message", flex: "1", readonly: "true" }],
+                        ["hbox", { id: "dactyl-message-box" },
+                            ["label", { class: "plain", id: "dactyl-message-pre", flex: "0", readonly: "true", highlight: "WarningMsg" }],
+                            ["textbox", { class: "plain", id: "dactyl-message", flex: "1", readonly: "true" }]],
 
-                        ["hbox", { id: "dactyl-commandline", hidden: "false", foo: "bar", class: "dactyl-container", highlight: "Normal CmdNormal", collapsed: "true" },
+                        ["hbox", { id: "dactyl-commandline", hidden: "false", class: "dactyl-container", highlight: "Normal CmdNormal", collapsed: "true" },
                             ["label", {   id: "dactyl-commandline-prompt",  class: "dactyl-commandline-prompt  plain", flex: "0", crop: "end", value: "", collapsed: "true" }],
                             ["textbox", { id: "dactyl-commandline-command", class: "dactyl-commandline-command plain", flex: "1", type: "input", timeout: "100",
                                           highlight: "Events" }]]],
@@ -124,12 +126,26 @@ var CommandWidgets = Class("CommandWidgets", {
                     return this.statusbar;
 
                 let statusElem = this.statusbar.message;
-                if (value && !value[2] && statusElem.editor && statusElem.editor.rootElement.scrollWidth > statusElem.scrollWidth)
+                // Currently doesn't work as expected with <hbox> parent.
+                if (false && value && !value[2] && statusElem.editor && statusElem.editor.rootElement.scrollWidth > statusElem.scrollWidth)
                     return this.commandbar;
                 return this.activeGroup.mode;
             }
         });
 
+        this.addElement({
+            name: "message-pre",
+            defaultGroup: "WarningMsg",
+            getGroup: function () this.activeGroup.message
+        });
+
+        this.addElement({
+            name: "message-box",
+            defaultGroup: "Normal",
+            getGroup: function () this.activeGroup.message,
+            getValue: function () this.message
+        });
+
         this.addElement({
             name: "mode",
             defaultGroup: "ModeMsg",
@@ -651,6 +667,7 @@ var CommandLine = Module("commandline", {
         if (!scroll || Date.now() - this._lastEchoTime > 5000)
             this.clearMessage();
         this._lastEchoTime = 0;
+        this.hiddenMessages = 0;
 
         if (!this.commandSession) {
             this.widgets.command = null;
@@ -665,8 +682,10 @@ var CommandLine = Module("commandline", {
     },
 
     clearMessage: function clearMessage() {
-        if (this.widgets.message && this.widgets.message[1] === this._lastClearable)
+        if (this.widgets.message && this.widgets.message[1] === this._lastClearable) {
             this.widgets.message = null;
+            this.hiddenMessages = 0;
+        }
     },
 
     /**
@@ -715,6 +734,16 @@ var CommandLine = Module("commandline", {
         }
     },
 
+    _hiddenMessages: 0,
+    get hiddenMessages() this._hiddenMessages,
+    set hiddenMessages(val) {
+        this._hiddenMessages = val;
+        if (val)
+            this.widgets["message-pre"] = _("commandline.moreMessages", val) + " ";
+        else
+            this.widgets["message-pre"] = null
+    },
+
     _lastEcho: null,
 
     /**
@@ -748,15 +777,19 @@ var CommandLine = Module("commandline", {
 
         highlightGroup = highlightGroup || this.HL_NORMAL;
 
-        if (flags & this.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES) {
+        let self = this;
+        function appendToMessages() {
             let message = isObject(data) && !DOM.isJSONXML(data) ? data : { message: data };
 
             // Make sure the memoized message property is an instance property.
             message.message;
-            this._messageHistory.add(update({ highlight: highlightGroup }, message));
+            self._messageHistory.add(update({ highlight: highlightGroup }, message));
             data = message.message;
         }
 
+        if (flags & this.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES)
+            appendToMessages();
+
         if ((flags & this.ACTIVE_WINDOW) && window != overlay.activeWindow)
             return;
 
@@ -769,17 +802,16 @@ var CommandLine = Module("commandline", {
         if ((flags & this.FORCE_MULTILINE) || (/\n/.test(data) || !isinstance(data, [_, "String"])) && !(flags & this.FORCE_SINGLELINE))
             action = mow.closure.echo;
 
-        if (single)
+        if (single) {
             this._lastEcho = null;
+            this.hiddenMessages = 0;
+        }
         else {
-            if (this.widgets.message && this.widgets.message[1] == this._lastEcho)
+            if (this.widgets.message && this.widgets.message[1] == this._lastEcho) {
-                mow.echo(["span", { highlight: "Message" }, this._lastEcho],
+                if (!(flags & this.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES))
-                         this.widgets.message[0], true);
+                    appendToMessages();
-
+                this.hiddenMessages++;
-            if (action === this._echoLine && !(flags & this.FORCE_MULTILINE)
+                return;
-                && !(dactyl.fullyInitialized && this.widgets.mowContainer.collapsed)) {
-                highlightGroup += " Message";
-                action = mow.closure.echo;
             }
             this._lastEcho = (action == this._echoLine) && data;
         }

common/content/statusline.js

@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ var StatusLine = Module("statusline", {
                             ["stack", {  id: "dactyl-statusline-stack",       flex: "1", highlight: "CmdLine StatusCmdLine", class: "dactyl-container" },
                                 ["textbox", { key: "url",     crop: "end",    flex: "1", style: "background: transparent;",  class: "plain dactyl-status-field-url",
                                               readonly: "true" }],
-                                ["textbox", { key: "message", crop: "end",    flex: "1", highlight: "Normal StatusNormal",   class: "plain",
+                                ["hbox", { key: "message-box" },
-                                              readonly: "true" }]]]],
+                                    ["label", { key: "message-pre", highlight: "WarningMsg StatusWarningMsg", class: "plain", readonly: "true" }],
+                                    ["textbox", { key: "message", crop: "end",    flex: "1", highlight: "Normal StatusNormal",   class: "plain",
+                                                  readonly: "true" }]]]]],
                     ["label", { class: "plain", key: "inputbuffer",    flex: "0" }],
                     ["label", { class: "plain", key: "progress",       flex: "0" }],
                     ["label", { class: "plain", key: "tabcount",       flex: "0" }],

common/locale/en-US/messages.properties

@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ command.set.unknownOption-1 = E518: Unknown option: %S
 command.yank.yankedLine-1 = Yanked %S line
 command.yank.yankedLines-1 = Yanked %S lines
 
+commandline.moreMessages = [%S more. Type :messages to read]
+
 completion.additional = (additional)
 completion.generating = Generating results...
 completion.noCompletions = No Completions