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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: "Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es>
Cc: ndame <laszlomail@protonmail.com>,
	Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
	Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>,
	51475@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51475: read-char-choice should hide the cursor
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:24:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkm=Hsa-scmwG0e28mf-Md+4y9fUxgeb9-DJC6D-K5mMx0A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1k0hvioek.fsf@yahoo.es> ("Daniel Martín"'s message of "Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:09:23 +0200")

Daniel Martín <mardani29@yahoo.es> writes:

> Isearch for example doesn't show the cursor after the colon until after
> the cursor can do something useful (ie. you press M-e to edit the search
> string).  By the same reasoning, I think that read-char-choice should
> always hide the cursor.

Transient does the same, and I always found that to be a very natural
interface.

The same thing if you just press "C-x" and wait a second.

At the very least these examples demonstrate that it's fine not to show
a cursor.

> I'd prefer if we decide if the cursor is always visible or
> invisible.
[...]
> If there's no agreement, I think leaving things as is is

I agree with both of these ideas, so that we can keep the Emacs
interface a tiny bit more consistent.

Otherwise it will be down to the preference of individual package
authors, who will pick one or the other on a whim or individual fancy.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-10-30  1:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-29  5:24 bug#51475: read-char-choice should hide the cursor ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-10-29 13:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-29 14:53   ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-10-29 17:13     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-29 17:16       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-29 18:41   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-29 18:47     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-29 18:54       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-29 19:00         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-29 19:18           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-30 11:38             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-29 20:09       ` Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-10-29 20:28         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-29 21:04         ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-30  1:24         ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-10-30  8:48           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-30 11:36         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-01  8:18           ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-11-01  9:11             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-01 16:12               ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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