From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23204: 25.1.50; Strange behaviour of =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98read-char=E2=80=99?= Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 17:56:39 +0300 Message-ID: <83bn5qrba0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wpofx9ry.fsf@openmailbox.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1459695525 10475 80.91.229.3 (3 Apr 2016 14:58:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 14:58:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23204@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mark Karpov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 03 16:58:34 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1amjU1-00015i-6G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:58:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53783 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1amjTx-0006Nu-D3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:58:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36305) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1amjTa-0005vg-1H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:58:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1amjTV-0001Oc-V2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:58:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52960) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1amjTV-0001OY-S4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1amjTV-0006yJ-MT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:58:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:58:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23204 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23204-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23204.145969543826747 (code B ref 23204); Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:58:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23204) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Apr 2016 14:57:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50087 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1amjSo-0006xK-Eg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:57:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45179) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1amjSm-0006x8-ND for 23204@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:57:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1amjSd-00013l-O3 for 23204@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:54683) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1amjSd-00013h-KQ; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:57:07 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3078 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1amjSc-0007B9-LJ; Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:57:07 -0400 In-reply-to: <87wpofx9ry.fsf@openmailbox.org> (message from Mark Karpov on Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:32:33 +0600) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:115931 Archived-At: > From: Mark Karpov > Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:32:33 +0600 > > (defun my-command () > (interactive) > (while (read-char "My prompt…" t))) > > Now if you call this from lisp or like this: ‘M-x my-command RET’, > everything is fine: you see the prompt and you can type some chars > (press ‘C-g’ to get out of this). > > But if you bind the command to key sequence, like this: > > (global-set-key (kbd " t y") #'my-command) > > Then you have a nasty problem when you actually call it. Try to call it > and then type some characters — you will see no prompt and they will > accumulate in echo area indefinitely: > > menu t y h e r e SPC I SPC t y p e SPC t h i n g s SPC a n d SPC i t > SPC i s SPC g e t t i n g SPC r a t h e r SPC l o n g What if you do this instead: (global-set-key (kbd "") #'my-command) Does this work as expected? If so, does that explain what happens in your original example?