From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:27:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83in4uodut.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87muug4z52.fsf@gmail.com> <87y3dy3i05.fsf@gmail.com> <83muudrqol.fsf@gnu.org> <83effosvx2.fsf@gnu.org> <87r2jo3l0w.fsf@gmail.com> <837elgss8l.fsf@gnu.org> <87sh40189j.fsf@gmail.com> <83y3dro0e2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1533101163 820 195.159.176.226 (1 Aug 2018 05:26:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 05:26:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 32257@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andy Moreton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 01 07:25:58 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fkje2-00005y-HN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:25:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33566 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjg8-0003hq-V4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50643) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjg2-0003ha-Sb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjg2-0001N3-1y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:28:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60091) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjg1-0001MP-TN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:28:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjg1-0005ru-NJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:28:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 05:28:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32257 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 32257-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32257.153310127722546 (code B ref 32257); Wed, 01 Aug 2018 05:28:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32257) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Aug 2018 05:27:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36876 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjfx-0005ra-BC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:27:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59625) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjfv-0005rM-4S for 32257@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:27:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjfk-0000xl-Vv for 32257@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:27:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42341) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjfk-0000xg-RW; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:27:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2656 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fkjfk-0004mw-61; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:27:44 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Andy Moreton on Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:26:33 +0100) 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:149144 Archived-At: > From: Andy Moreton > Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:26:33 +0100 > > > I think "unusable" is an exaggeration, since you can recover the > > prompt. And the result is definitely better than the current > > situation, where you just get stuck. > > No. It is is just as unusable, as the only way to get past the stream of > event message hiding the question you are trying to answer is to hit ^G > until it goes away. Using `read-char-exclusive' does not make any improvement on the > original problem. It is here, because typing ? brings back the original prompt, as does any other character. So I still think you are exaggerating. > > The echo-area messages are fine, but we should have a feature that > > allows to suppress echoing the mouse clicks. > > They are a pain if you are asked more than one question, but the echo > area message gets in the way of the minibuffer prompt that you need to > read in order to answer the question. Echo area messages in general go away to reveal the prompt. The only problem in this case is with the echo for mouse clicks, AFAICT.