bug#58542: 29.0.50; "C-h q" leaves misleading message in the echo-area

bug#58542: 29.0.50; "C-h q" leaves misleading message in the echo-area

[Eli Zaretskii]

To reproduce:

  emacs -Q
  C-h q
  C-h
  q

That is, wait for some time between the second C-h and the following
"q".  You will then be left with this message in the echo-area:

  C-h (Type ? for further options) q

This is misleading, since we are no longer at the C-h prompt.  E.g.,
typing "?" at this point will just insert it into the current buffer.

In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 2070, i686-pc-mingw32) of 2022-10-15 built
 on HOME-C4E4A596F7
Repository revision: e185526d216e544a70b2be77b34b5cb5386762d1
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
System Description: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v5.1.0.2600)

Configured using:
 'configure -C --prefix=/d/usr --with-wide-int
 --enable-checking=yes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=-O0 -gdwarf-4 -g3''

Configured features:
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W32NOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS WEBP XPM ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ENU
  locale-coding-system: cp1255

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
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  tool-bar-mode: t
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  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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Memory information:
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bug#58542: 29.0.50; "C-h q" leaves misleading message in the echo-area

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> This is misleading, since we are no longer at the C-h prompt.  E.g.,
> typing "?" at this point will just insert it into the current buffer.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.