From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6945: active-minibuffer-window returns nil when prompt overwritten by message Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:11:30 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283175622 427 80.91.229.12 (30 Aug 2010 13:40:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6945@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 30 15:40:21 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq4ay-0007nu-GQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:40:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53983 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oq4ax-0004fp-Id for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:40:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50613 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oq4ah-0004eb-Tk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq4ag-0006EE-Oo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41727) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq4ag-0006E9-Kv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:40:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq47e-0003qk-Sz; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6945 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6945-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6945.128317379914789 (code B ref 6945); Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6945) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Aug 2010 13:09:59 +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 1Oq47a-0003qU-6K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:09:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq47Y-0003qP-E2 for 6945@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:09:57 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 659DF1C00316; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:11:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hase.home (ppp-88-217-115-85.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.115.85]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1511C0017E; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:11:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I request a weekend in Havana with Phil Silvers! In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:30:37 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:10:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39823 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > (defun temp-active-mb () > (message "active-minibuffer-window = %s" (active-minibuffer-window))) > > (progn > (run-with-idle-timer 1 nil 'message "idle message") > (run-with-idle-timer 2 nil 'temp-active-mb) > (y-or-n-p "Prompt: ") > ) > > This gives me the message "active-minibuffer-window = nil". y-or-n-p does not use the minibuffer, so this is correct. > Is there any way then to discover whether Emacs is displaying a prompt This is just a message in the echo area. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."