From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#47254: 28.0.50; Minibuffer does not clear question even after the corresponding process has exited Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 08:55:29 +0200 Message-ID: <838s6jfx9a.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="848"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 47254@debbugs.gnu.org To: Arunesh Pandey Gmail Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 19 07:56:08 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1lN93I-00006s-4K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:56:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58668 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lN93G-0001wi-VE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33528) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lN93B-0001wK-Ug for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37077) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lN93B-0003Hn-Ln for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lN93B-0003Tk-LY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:56:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 06:56:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 47254 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 47254-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B47254.161613693913324 (code B ref 47254); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 06:56:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 47254) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Mar 2021 06:55:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48617 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lN92p-0003Sq-2g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40454) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lN92n-0003Sd-G4 for 47254@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:55:37 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:45211) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lN92h-0002xd-RQ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:55:32 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:4177 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lN92e-0001qW-Aw; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:55:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Arunesh Pandey Gmail on Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:20:31 -0700) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:202661 Archived-At: > From: Arunesh Pandey Gmail > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:20:31 -0700 > > However, every once in a while, this message *sticks* to the > minibuffer. Meaning, there is no way to get rid of it. When I try to > answer `y` or `n` to this question, I get the following error: > > ```process-kill-buffer-query-function: Selecting deleted buffer``` When this happens, not even C-g or C-] help? > I think what is going on here is, `mu4e` is starting a new transient > buffer `*mu4e-update*` when it tries to fetch new email. Emacs (or some > other process) tries to kill this buffer _while_ the update process is > running, so Emacs shows the warning. Later, the update operation > succeeds, the process returns, the buffer is cleaned up, but the > minibuffer prompt asking for confirmation is never cleared up. There is > no way to clean it up as well. I do not see it in the `*Messages*` > buffer. There is no additional buffer in the output of C-x C-b. Are you able to select the minibuffer, e.g. with "C-x o" one or more times, or by clicking the mouse inside the mini-window? If you do succeed to enter the minibuffer, can you _then_ get rid of the prompt by either answering y/n or by C-g or C-] ? Thanks.