GNU bug report logs - #19064
25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:39:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed, fixed

Merged with 446, 17272

Found in versions 24.4.50, 25.0.50

Fixed in version 27.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 19064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 09:19:21 -0800 (PST)

> It would be helpful to have a recipe.

Sorry, but recent Emacs 25 snapshots I have just crash all
the time.  I cannot use Emacs 25 for much of anything, I'm
afraid.

But I think the bug description here should be sufficient.
In particular, does this not seem appropriate to consider?

  Seems like whenever `y-or-n-p' (or just `read-key') is waiting
  for a key, `message' should do nothing.  Either it should echo
  its message after the key is read or (maybe better) it should
  do nothing at all.  As it stands now, this seems like a basic
  UI problem, not just a minor annoyance.
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