From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Stop frames stealing eachothers' minibuffers! Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:54:27 +0000 Message-ID: References: <0d14bfc4-8e8e-d3b9-e0e1-ee4bf2e6449d@gmx.at> <20201125210947.GB8228@ACM> <20201125215450.GC8228@ACM> <8271d4db-377b-78c7-02d0-6d496ce195d4@gmx.at> Reply-To: Gregory Heytings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37727"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (NEB 394 2020-01-19) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , Andrii Kolomoiets , emacs-devel@gnu.org, enometh@meer.net, Stefan Monnier , Eli Zaretskii To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 27 16:56:08 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kig6R-0009es-W5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:56:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39826 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kig6Q-000762-Tm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:56:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53160) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kig56-0005Ld-Dx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:54:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mx.sdf.org ([205.166.94.24]:53529) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kig53-00023w-Qo; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:54:44 -0500 Original-Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:ghe@faeroes.freeshell.org [205.166.94.9]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 0ARFsU7i017105 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO); Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:54:30 GMT Original-Received: (from ghe@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id 0ARFt35H026819; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:55:03 GMT In-Reply-To: <8271d4db-377b-78c7-02d0-6d496ce195d4@gmx.at> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.166.94.24; envelope-from=ghe@sdf.org; helo=mx.sdf.org X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:259904 Archived-At: >> That's a basic thing to learn when you use Emacs. And it's easy to >> understand: the echo area is for "status messages" with which you do >> not interact (and this is visible because the point does not leave the >> buffer in which you are), minibuffers are for "commands" with which you >> interact (and this is visible because the point moves from the buffer >> in which you are to the miniwindow). > > It's not so easy. With Emacs 26, 'y-or-n-p' still used the echo area > for answering questions. > Okay, there are (or rather, IIUC, there were) exceptions to that general rule ;-) But I think you meant Emacs 25 and earlier, with my Emacs 26 y-or-n-p does use the minibuffer.