bug#45392: 28.0.50; read-from-minibuffer sets `this-command` variable to `exit-minibuffer`

[dalanicolai <dalanicolai@gmail.com>]

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Yes, that's it. Great, thanks!

On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 18:08, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:

> >> Thanks for your bug report.  I think it is expected that 'this-command'
> >> is 'exit-minibuffer' in this case, because 'this-command' is usually set
> >> only once *at the beginning* of the execution of a command.  It keeps
> >> its value until a *new* command is executed by Emacs.  This is not
> >> explicitly said in the docstring, but it is mentioned in the Elisp Info
> >> manual.
> >>
> >> I don't know if the docstring could be expressed more clearly; I prefer
> >> to leave those command loop details to the Info manuals.
> >
> > I think so, too, so there doesn't seem to be anything further to do in
> > this bug report, and I'm closing it.  If there's more to be done here,
> > please respond to the debbugs address and we'll reopen.
>
> Is it what the recently added varible 'current-minibuffer-command'
> intended to do?  Then OP could use it like
>
>   (defun test ()
>     (interactive)
>     (print current-minibuffer-command)
>     (read-from-minibuffer "test")
>     (print current-minibuffer-command))
>

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