From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 32922@debbugs.gnu.org, Mitchell Plamann <mplamann@janestreet.com>
Subject: bug#32922: Echo area flickers when receiving data in network process
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 03:07:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnak_JYvFvQOJtK0WKjSS0gGVBBdje00dvk5G8MUNDP9g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACgDjGufUG9ehb862gYYku=Nc2JoEhUCBfkQb6FMMe8xgUTt4g@mail.gmail.com>
tags 32922 + notabug
close 32922
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Mitchell Plamann <mplamann@janestreet.com>
>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 13:57:15 -0400
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>> - Open "emacs -Q"
>> - Eval (make-network-process :name "foo" :server t :service 8080 :family 'ipv4)
>> - Press "C-x 5". After a few seconds, the echo area will display "C-x 5-".
>> - In another terminal, run "yes | nc localhost 8080"
>> - The "5-" in the echo area will begin to flicker.
>>
>> I've tested this in emacs 25.3 and 26.1.
>>
>> As far as I've been able to tell, the data coming in to the network process triggers [read_key_sequence] in
>> [keyboard.c] to replay the "C-x 5" sequence. As part of this replay, it outputs "C-x", then "C-x 5", then "C-x 5-"
>> to the echo area, which causes the "5-" to look like it is flickering.
>
> This is deliberate, the code is explicitly written to replay the key
> sequence. For more about this, see
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-09/msg00906.html
Since this is intended behaviour, I'm closing this as notabug.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-03 17:57 bug#32922: Echo area flickers when receiving data in network process Mitchell Plamann
2018-10-03 18:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-03 1:07 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
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