Since the SQL more uses )MORE error reporting for all the details, I'm
finding myself writing )MORE quite a lot. This led me to think about better
ways to display this information in Emacs.

How does other APL development environments display this? I've been
thinking of such things as:

   - Flashing an overlay box on the screen for a second or so, containing
   the )MORE text
   - Displaying a symbol on the modeline (for you non-Emacs users, that's
   the row of information such as line number, file name, etc below the text
   edit area)
   - Displaying the )MORE text in the message area (the blank line below
   the modeline at the bottom of the screen). Very neat for single-line
   messages, but jarring for multi-line ones (I guess I could truncate
   multi-line messages though)
   - Other options? Do nothing like today?

How does/did other APL environments handle detailed error reporting?

Regards,
Elias

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