Re: bug#12833: 24.2.50; Avoid questions asked in the echo area to be overridden by messages

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hello Stefan,

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> What does that change in case of interactive question? If I do 1 require
>>>> before asking a question to the user, the message about that require
>>>> should hardly be visible (if visible at all -- because actions happen so
>>>> quickly). The question should use the space of the information message,
>>>> point.
>>>
>>> I see, yes, that would make sense.
>>
>> Does that mean it will be fixed that way?
>
> No, it just means that I'd accept such a change. But I don't have time to
> come up with a patch for it in the foreseeable future.
>
>> BTW, I tested a workaround in the meanwhile: let-binding
>> `minibuffer-message-timeout' to 0.
>
> I think you'd need to let-bind it around the code that brings up
> the minibuffer.

IIUC, in the examplified case, you mean to let-bind it in defun
`org-read-date'?

But that is only one case out of hundreds: the problem appears as well in many
other functions of many other packages (than Org): `describe-variable', and
`describe-function', just to name a few.

In fact, IIUC, it happens every time that a defun embeds a `require' and a
user interaction via the minibuffer.

All those packages (`org.el', `help-fns.el', etc.) are out of my
responsability area. I can't path them all, can I?

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban