GNU bug report logs - #15012
23.3; read-char inappropriate echo area content

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bob Newell <bobnewell <at> bobnewell.net>

Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 20:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: bobnewell <at> bobnewell.net, 15012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#15012: 23.3; read-char inappropriate echo area content
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:11:23 +0200

On Aug 15 2019, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I can reproduce it very easily, both in Emacs 26 and 27.  I wonder how
>> come you couldn't.
>
> Me too.  If I do M-: (read-char) in this Emacs, the echo area remains
> empty.  If I start a new Emacs and do the same, the echo area says
> "M-:-", so... something I have eval-ed in this session has changed the
> behaviour?  `read-char' still points to the built-in function...

Did you modify echo-keystrokes?

Andreas.

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