wmessage

# display message on mode-line
stty size >/dev/null 2>&1

MSG=$1
# these can be overridden
ROWS=${2:-$LINES}
COLS=${3:-$COLUMNS}

printf "\e7" # save

# - print green mode-line ala emacs
#printf "\e[$((ROWS-1));0H" # gotorc
#
#printf "\e[42;30m\e[K";
#printf "./w "

printf "\e[0m" # restore color

# - print message on last line
printf "\e[$((ROWS-0));0H" # gotorc
#printf "\e[32m" # green
printf "\e[37m" # white

printf "${MSG:0:$((COLS-2))}"

printf "\e[K" # clear end of line
printf "\e[0m" # restore color

printf "\e8" # restore