From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: 6945@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6945: active-minibuffer-window returns nil when prompt overwritten by message
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:11:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m362ysmeil.fsf@hase.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikmPFUS8=JdZ_fxQ53adnChjOT4Wo3LstZgNHX6@mail.gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:30:37 +0200")
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.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-30 13:11 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 [this message]
2010-08-30 13:46 ` Lennart Borgman
2020-08-20 18:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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