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boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 14:38:51 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org,  13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  jidanni <at> jidanni.org
> Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 10:17:31 +0300
> 
>   (y-or-n-p "File ‘foo.el’ exists; overwrite?")
> 
> ‘C-l’, ‘C-v’, ‘M-v’ work fine and scroll the original buffer.
> 
> But yes-or-no-p (BTW, it requires the space char at the end of the prompt):
> 
>   (yes-or-no-p "Buffer foo.el modified; kill anyway? ")
> 
> ‘C-l’, ‘C-v’, ‘M-v’ don't scroll the original buffer.

Isn't that expected?  y-or-n-p doesn't need to allow you to edit the
text in the minibuffer.

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