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bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, s
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Nov 2019 13:19:02 -0800 (PST) |
> > - (message "%s" msg))
> > + (if (minibufferp)
> > + (minibuffer-message "%s" msg)
> > + (message "%s" msg)))
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense to just have `message' behave like
> `minibuffer-message' if '(minibufferp)'? Otherwise all async code will
> have to have this code snippet.
FWIW, I disagree very much with the patch - and
with Lars's suggestion.
Both `message' and `minibuffer-message' are useful
when the minibuffer is active. They behave very
differently, and each behavior is useful.
`message' interrupts your minibuffer dialog
temporarily (and how & how much can be controlled).
And it logs to `*Messages*' (and that can be
controlled). Use it when it's appropriate to do
those things (particularly the interruption).
`minibuffer-message' uses the same real estate,
at the same time, as your minibuffer input.
It is definitely NOT the case that it is always
most useful for a message while the minibuffer
is active to be delivered by just appending it
to your input, and not interrupting the dialog.
___
The problem described by the bug report needs to
be solved some other way. It has nothing to do,
necessarily, with `minibuffer-message' versus
`message'.
- bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Juri Linkov, 2019/11/05
- bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/11/08
- bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Juri Linkov, 2019/11/09
- bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/11/11
- bug#17272: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Drew Adams, 2019/11/12
- bug#17272: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Juri Linkov, 2019/11/12
- bug#17272: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Drew Adams, 2019/11/12
- bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Michael Heerdegen, 2019/11/13
- bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Juri Linkov, 2019/11/13
- bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Drew Adams, 2019/11/13
- bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Michael Heerdegen, 2019/11/14
- bug#17272: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it, Drew Adams, 2019/11/14