Subject: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:15:23 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> >> (progn
> >>   (man "X")
> >>   (y-or-n-p "-->"))
> >>
> >> the prompt disappears and doesn't come back from alone.

> but what should Emacs do?
>
> I guess...  one possibility would be to open the echo area further and
> show the message below the prompt.  (Or above.)

Yeah.  Or alternatively, y-or-n-p could check for this situation and
restore the prompt after a certain delay (2 or 3 seconds or so).

Regards,

Michael.