Add infobar option to disable the message line

Fixes #257

cmd/micro/messenger.go

@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ func (m *Messenger) DisplaySuggestions(suggestions []string) {
 func (m *Messenger) Display() {
 	_, h := screen.Size()
 	if m.hasMessage {
+		if !m.hasPrompt {
+			return
+		}
 		runes := []rune(m.message + m.response)
 		for x := 0; x < len(runes); x++ {
 			screen.SetContent(x, h-1, runes[x], nil, m.style)

cmd/micro/settings.go

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ func DefaultGlobalSettings() map[string]interface{} {
 		"cursorline":   true,
 		"ignorecase":   false,
 		"indentchar":   " ",
+		"infobar":      true,
 		"ruler":        true,
 		"savecursor":   false,
 		"saveundo":     false,
@@ -244,6 +245,12 @@ func SetOption(option, value string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if option == "infobar" {
+		for _, tab := range tabs {
+			tab.Resize()
+		}
+	}
+
 	if _, ok := CurView().Buf.Settings[option]; ok {
 		for _, tab := range tabs {
 			for _, view := range tab.views {

cmd/micro/split_tree.go

@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ func (s *SplitTree) ResizeSplits() {
 				n.view.y = s.y + n.view.height*i
 				n.view.x = s.x
 			}
-			// n.view.ToggleStatusLine()
-			_, screenH := screen.Size()
-			if n.view.Buf.Settings["statusline"].(bool) || (n.view.y+n.view.height) != screenH-1 {
+			if n.view.Buf.Settings["statusline"].(bool) {
 				n.view.height--
 			}
 

cmd/micro/tab.go

@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ func NewTabFromView(v *View) *Tab {
 
 	w, h := screen.Size()
 	t.tree.width = w
-	t.tree.height = h - 1
+	t.tree.height = h
+
+	if globalSettings["infobar"].(bool) {
+		t.tree.height--
+	}
+
 	return t
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +54,12 @@ func (t *Tab) Cleanup() {
 func (t *Tab) Resize() {
 	w, h := screen.Size()
 	t.tree.width = w
-	t.tree.height = h - 1
+	t.tree.height = h
+
+	if globalSettings["infobar"].(bool) {
+		t.tree.height--
+	}
+
 	t.tree.ResizeSplits()
 }
 

cmd/micro/view.go

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ type View struct {
 // NewView returns a new fullscreen view
 func NewView(buf *Buffer) *View {
 	screenW, screenH := screen.Size()
-	return NewViewWidthHeight(buf, screenW, screenH-1)
+	return NewViewWidthHeight(buf, screenW, screenH)
 }
 
 // NewViewWidthHeight returns a new view with the specified width and height

runtime/help/options.md

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Here are the options that you can set:
 
 	default value: ` `
 
+* `infobar`: enables the line at the bottom of the editor where messages are printed.
+   This option is `global only`.
+
+	default value: `on`
+
 * `filetype`: sets the filetype for the current buffer. This setting is `local only`
 
     default value: this will be automatically set depending on the file you have open