From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii 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 06:00:58 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316512936 15680 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2011 10:02:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:02:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9557@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dani Moncayo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 20 12:02:10 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 1R5x9W-0002Vn-7t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:02:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44922 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5x9V-0000wZ-OX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:02:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53555) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5x9Q-0000w8-6l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:02:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5x9I-0002gA-Bx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:02:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36351) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5x9I-0002g6-9N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:01:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xEE-0005L2-58 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:07:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:07:02 +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=B9557.131651317020456 (code B ref 9557); Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9557) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Sep 2011 10:06:10 +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 1R5xDK-0005Jp-Vs for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:06:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5xDI-0005Jg-OB for 9557@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5x8M-0002Oc-GU; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:00:58 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Dani Moncayo on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:19:54 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:07:02 -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:51526 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:19:54 +0200 > From: Dani Moncayo > > 1. Eval: (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) > 2. Visit some file. > 3. M-x revert-buffer y > --> (Expected) The echo area ends up empty (as happens if you omit step #1). > --> (Observed) The echo area remains with a residual text "Revert > buffer from file ? (y or n) y". y-or-n-p deliberately displays the prompt with your response before it returns to the caller, see the source. It does that because otherwise you would not have a chance of observing your response.