bug#46243: [External] : Re: bug#46243: 26.3; If invoke menu item that reads a char, get keystrokes echo

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "46243@debbugs.gnu.org" <46243@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 22:30:54 +0000
> 
> > I think it should, but I couldn't verify that, because
> > your recipes didn't work for me.  Please provide a
> > recipe that would work in "emacs -Q".
> 
> emacs -Q            ; e.g. Emacs 27.1
> 
> (defun diredp-mark-with-char (char &optional arg)
>   "Mark this line with CHAR.
> With numeric prefix arg N, mark the next N lines."
>   (interactive
>    (progn (message nil)
> 	  (list (read-char "Mark this line with char: ")
> 		(prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg))))
>   (let ((dired-marker-char  char))
>     (dired-mark arg)))
> 
> (define-key dired-mode-map [menu-bar mark with-char]
>   '(menu-item
>      "Mark This with Char..." diredp-mark-with-char
>      :help "Mark this line with a character you type"))
> 
> Now try the same thing but with (message nil) commented out.
> 
> With (message nil), you see the prompt:
> 
>    Mark this line with char:
> 
> Without (message nil), you see only this:
> 
>    menu-bar mark with-char-
> 
> The command works OK, but a user will have no clue
> about typing a char.
> 
> Clear enough?

For the record, the recipe didn't work for me until I invoked Dired
before evaluating the second form.

> The change was introduced in Emacs 24, AFAICT.

In Emacs 24.4, to be exact.

> Regression or improvement?

Not clear yet, more analysis is required.  Stay tuned.