bug#8927: 24.0.50; Flaw in C-x v u

[Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>>
>>> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>>> Also, it's not true that the diff buffer cannot be scrolled from the
>>>>>> yes-or-no prompt as Chong mentioned earlier in this thread,
>>>>>> `scroll-other-window' and `scroll-other-window-down' work as expected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah yes, forgot about that; I seldom use that functionality.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, i don't follow here, for me scrolling-other-window or whatever is
>>>> not possible from a yes-or-no-p prompt.
>>>> I can do only yes or no (as expected).
>>>> Did i miss something?
>>>
>>> scroll-other-window is bound to C-M-v, which works from the minibuffer.
>> I know C-M-v, but it doesn't work from the minibuffer in a y-or-n-p case.
>> I guess some external library break this because it is working with
>> emacs -Q.
> This is the culprit:
>
> (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
>
> that was since a long time in my .emacs.
NOTE:

yes-or-no-p:
yes-or-no-p is a built-in function in `fns.c'.
It support scrolling

y-or-n-p:
y-or-n-p is a compiled Lisp function in `subr.el'.
It doesn't support scrolling.

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