From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:41:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87o8ys3131.fsf@gnus.org> References: <8ea0a3fa-5169-4493-bd54-3ebe47836a35@default> <87r3i9nped.fsf@gnus.org> <87wps1m7co.fsf@web.de> <87y4chjdop.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="68569"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 17272@debbugs.gnu.org, 19064@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 07 19:42:21 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX1W-000Hf0-M5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:42:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48240 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX1U-0006AI-RQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:42:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42717) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX1J-0006A2-Hw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX1H-0003yu-GN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:42:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX1G-0003yJ-Cu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:42:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX1G-0002dA-A0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:42:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 17:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17272 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: confirmed Original-Received: via spool by 17272-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17272.157047009210072 (code B ref 17272); Mon, 07 Oct 2019 17:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17272) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Oct 2019 17:41:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49050 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX0m-0002cJ-1S for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:41:32 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:42748) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX0j-0002c3-04; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:41:30 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iHX0d-0006Vx-7g; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:41:27 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87y4chjdop.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 26 Dec 2015 18:57:10 +0100") 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: 209.51.188.43 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:168563 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Michael Heerdegen writes: > >> I tried this here with emacs 25: >> >> (progn >> (man "X") >> (y-or-n-p "-->")) >> >> This stills behave as described: the prompt disappears and doesn't come >> back from alone. > > Yup; I get the same behaviour. That is indeed annoying, and should be > fixed. The issue is, I think, a general one: If some async code issues a `message', then that will hide the `y-or-n' prompt (or probably any prompt?). I don't think it's that difficult to check for this situation (`read-char' etc sets a flag that `message' checks? There's probably a mechanism in place for detecting this situation somewhere already), but what should Emacs do? I guess... one possibility would be to open the echo area further and show the message below the prompt. (Or above.) It is a general problem that I've been hit by a large number of times. If it's `y-or-n', then you can get out of it by hitting something other than y or n, but in other prompts you're basically helpless and have to `C-g' out of it. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no