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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 17272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 19064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:55:04 +0100

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

> The first case is when doing completion, the message
> "Making completion list..." is displayed in the minibuffer
> for 2 seconds. I don't understand why this message is needed at all,
> but at least this patch restores its previous behavior
> that displays that message in the echo area and doesn't wait.

Perhaps some completion functions can take a lot of time, so we message
preemptively?  We do a lot of the "just in case" messaging in Emacs,
unfortunately.

(There's a wishlist bug report in the bug tracker to add something like

  (with-delayed-message (0.5 "This sure is taking long...")
    (here-is-some-code))

that would only do the message if the body of the form takes longer than
the timeout.)

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