GNU bug report logs - #18844
Trunk: typing in minibuffer gets spuriously echoed in mode line.

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Message #23 received at 18844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18844: Trunk: typing in minibuffer gets spuriously echoed in
 mode	line.
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:00:59 +0000

Hello, Eli.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 06:23:15PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:53:32 +0000
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

> > With the "latest" trunk (of about 2014-10-26 08:00 GMT), start emacs -Q.
> > Type in "M-: (setq" and wait ~half a second.  The word "setq" is
> > spuriously echoed at the start of the mode line.

> It's a feature: Emacs shows you some minimal documentation on what you
> type.

Ah.  It's a feature.  It just looks like a bug, and was somewhat
unexpected.

I'll close the bug, then (unless somebody else has already done so).

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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