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boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question

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Message #106 received at 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 11:42:36 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> Actually, `C-h' is useful in `y-or-n-p' as well for the same reasons.
> For example, `C-h b' in a `y-or-n-p' prompt shows:
>
>   Key             Binding
>   y               act
>   n               skip
>   C-l             recenter
>   ...

Hm...  Here it brings up the help-for-help?  Which doesn't seem right at
all.

> BTW, (info "(emacs) Yes or No Prompts") says:
>
>      With both types of yes-or-no query the minibuffer behaves as
>   described in the previous sections; you can recenter the selected window
>   with ‘C-l’, scroll that window (‘C-v’ or ‘PageDown’ scrolls forward,
>   ‘M-v’ or ‘PageUp’ scrolls backward)
>
> But in fact ‘C-l’ doesn't scroll the window, ‘C-v’ and ‘PageDown’ don't
> scroll forward, and ‘M-v’ and ‘PageUp’ don't scroll backward.  Should they?

Yeah, all those commands just work on the minibuffer here with
yes-or-no-p, which seems like a bug (probably).

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