From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dani Moncayo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9557: 24.0.50; "y-or-n-p" does not clear the echo area Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:27:17 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316514486 26297 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2011 10:28:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:28:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9557@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 20 12:28:02 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xYX-0006iq-Kb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:28:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43287 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xYW-0006Lm-K0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:28:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xYT-0006LS-8p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:27:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xYS-0008Om-E4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:27:57 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36117) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xYS-0008Oi-A0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:27:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xdN-0005xh-UB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:33:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dani Moncayo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9557 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9557-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9557.131651474722877 (code B ref 9557); Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9557) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Sep 2011 10:32:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xcp-0005wv-0i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:32:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f172.google.com ([209.85.213.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xcm-0005wo-EW for 9557@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:32:25 -0400 Original-Received: by yxt33 with SMTP id 33so208285yxt.3 for <9557@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:27:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OlTxvCZ37m1mYy/yDMHmIzID7r4oquwg5KDQw6/NpYQ=; b=dTQCU1UcEz+rwHsYxmrAx8+7hOAYnorjnsMy1SgvK94Lh23p42927AkVJA1015Qt7K X9uTrDuaZNHWHvcNDRNmaN2XQn0hU0RdiaXFrImbMrRgx48krZ6aHN5BpzHQ5pmFM33j 42UOIsYdGpuCfGs+YVZBoLCyXbRykTThPFjzg= Original-Received: by 10.236.124.97 with SMTP id w61mr3224037yhh.106.1316514437701; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:27:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.236.207.6 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:27:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:33:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:51529 Archived-At: > y-or-n-p deliberately displays the prompt with your response before it > returns to the caller, see the source. =A0It does that because > otherwise you would not have a chance of observing your response. Ah, ok. In my case, I find that echo a bit unnecessary/disconcerting (hence this bug report). What about adding a variable to control that echo (with default value "on", to keep the current behavior untouched)? --=20 Dani Moncayo