From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 38785@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38785: 26.3; `y-or-n-p' leaves prompt and response in echo area
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 15:29:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r20n8atv.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4bbe14bc-3802-4310-a506-dad1f0c1f7ae@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 29 Dec 2019 06:08:07 -0800 (PST)")
On Dez 29 2019, Drew Adams wrote:
>> > I think `y-or-n-p' should probably just use
>> > `(sit-for 1)' after it shows the prompt + answer,
>>
>> That would always delay the caller of y-or-n-p by one
>> second. I'm pretty sure that would be highly annoying.
>
> 1. Not always delay. It's sit-for, not sleep-for,
That doesn't make it any better. It introduces latency, and latency is
very annoying, prone to induce errors.
Andreas.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-28 22:55 bug#38785: 26.3; `y-or-n-p' leaves prompt and response in echo area Drew Adams
2019-12-28 23:30 ` Drew Adams
2019-12-29 8:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-12-29 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-29 14:08 ` Drew Adams
2019-12-29 14:29 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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2019-12-29 14:14 ` Drew Adams
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