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bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user miss
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Dec 2015 18:53:59 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> It would be helpful to have a recipe.
>
> Sorry, but recent Emacs 25 snapshots I have just crash all
> the time. I cannot use Emacs 25 for much of anything, I'm
> afraid.
>
> But I think the bug description here should be sufficient.
> In particular, does this not seem appropriate to consider?
>
> Seems like whenever `y-or-n-p' (or just `read-key') is waiting
> for a key, `message' should do nothing. Either it should echo
> its message after the key is read or (maybe better) it should
> do nothing at all. As it stands now, this seems like a basic
> UI problem, not just a minor annoyance.
Fixing a bug without a test case is much harder than if you have a test
case.
Perhaps you could make a recipe in Emacs 24?
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