GNU bug report logs - #12117
read-passwd deletes prompt

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 08:25:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 12117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12117: read-passwd deletes prompt
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:00:09 -0400

> The problem is that `find-file-noselect-1' binds `inhibit-read-only' to t
> before calling `insert-file-contents':

>             (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
>               (insert-file-contents filename t))

Hmm... I guess the problem is even more general: any minibuffer input
during insert-file-contents will suffer from it (granted, there usually
isn't much minibuffer input during such calls, luckily).

Maybe read-from-minibuffer should let-bind inhibit-read-only to nil?
That sounds ugly, tho.


        Stefan
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