Carve the panel into a ~60-col writing column and a right-hand side
panel (per CONTEXT.md screen regions); the divider sits right of the
x=396 driver seam. The mode indicator and pending-command echo move
into the panel, while the ':' command line stays in the bottom strip.
The panel also shows word count and words-this-session (a snapshot
refreshed on a typing pause / non-Insert action, never per keystroke,
so ordinary typing keeps the fast windowed refresh) and a "NO KBD"
flag while the keyboard is dropped.