Disable clearing echo-area when 'inhibit-message' is non-nil

* src/xdisp.c (clear_message): Don't clear echo-area if
'inhibit-message' is non-nil.

* etc/NEWS:
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Displaying Messages): Document the
above change.  (Bug#77257)

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 4a0ea5778ba..dedd4bcaeea 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -13405,7 +13405,7 @@ clear_message (bool current_p, bool last_displayed_p)
 {
   Lisp_Object preserve = Qnil;
 
-  if (current_p)
+  if (current_p && !inhibit_message)
     {
       if (FUNCTIONP (Vclear_message_function)
           /* FIXME: (bug#63253) Same as for `set-message-function` above.  */