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

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Message #118 received at 19064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 17272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 19064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites
 `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 23:59:50 +0200

>> But before I had a chance to answer the prompt, compilation finished
>> and obscured the prompt with this message permanently:
>>
>>   Compilation finished
>>
>> So I forgot about what was in the prompt :-(
>
> Yeah, it's a problem all over the place.
>
>> Since Drew doesn't want to improve safety to cover all such cases,
>> we need to address these issues one by one, so here is the next patch:
>
> Drew doesn't have veto powers.  I say go ahead and make the change in
> `message' (with a variable that can be used to force `message' to not
> behave like `minibuffer-message').

Yes, I believe a new variable would make Drew happy.

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