From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2209: Don't let y-or-n-p move point. Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:04:49 -0500 Message-ID: <18844.19905.384946.25722@fencepost.gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 2209@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234981457 513 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2009 18:24:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2209@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 18 19:25:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LZr6d-0008N0-UA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:25:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58938 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZr5J-0004Qt-N1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:23:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZr5E-0004PW-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:23:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZr5C-0004Na-IM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:23:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47022 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZr5C-0004NB-19 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:23:42 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:53681) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZr5B-00030G-A4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1IINZdB029924; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:23:37 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n1IIA6Za025636; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:10:06 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:10:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2209 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2209-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2209.123498042025065 (code B ref 2209); Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:10:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2209) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 18 Feb 2009 18:07:00 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1II6vFL025056 for <2209@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:06:58 -0800 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LZqmv-0003R1-EL; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:04:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-Attribution: GM X-Mailer: VM (www.wonderworks.com/vm), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs) X-Hue: yellow X-Ran: 4j\rUn1I#L.X0O<,djd%3hl9{^`1hvTUyY}xRSt0Q{'#lt{[kTsz1e;wc}#Yy2yl$Po>y' X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:23:43 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:25418 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote (on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 at 07:09 -0500): > That change makes me worry that it is papering over the real bug. Indeed. > How does it happen that y-or-n-p moves point? Whatever it is, it > could cause trouble elsewhere too. Maybe the right fix is to make > sure it does not happen. The details are in the first message of bug 2209. In theory, you should be able to retrieve it by sending a message to request@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, with "send 2209" in the body.