From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 6945@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6945: active-minibuffer-window returns nil when prompt overwritten by message
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:46:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikoxQ2uQYjXwi5C1ptGCsbkY92ADYxCghe+xhbk@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m362ysmeil.fsf@hase.home>
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> (defun temp-active-mb ()
>> (message "active-minibuffer-window = %s" (active-minibuffer-window)))
>>
>> (progn
>> (run-with-idle-timer 1 nil 'message "idle message")
>> (run-with-idle-timer 2 nil 'temp-active-mb)
>> (y-or-n-p "Prompt: ")
>> )
>>
>> This gives me the message "active-minibuffer-window = nil".
>
> y-or-n-p does not use the minibuffer, so this is correct.
>
>> Is there any way then to discover whether Emacs is displaying a prompt
>
> This is just a message in the echo area.
Thanks, I see. I had forgotten that.
Correct, but very inconvenient.
Is there a way to detect this situation then? (Emacs is "paused",
waiting for input while a "prompt" is displayed.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-30 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-30 10:30 bug#6945: active-minibuffer-window returns nil when prompt overwritten by message Lennart Borgman
2010-08-30 12:44 ` Stephen Berman
2010-08-30 13:09 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-08-30 13:48 ` Stephen Berman
2010-08-30 13:57 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-08-30 13:11 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-08-30 13:46 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2020-08-20 18:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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