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: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 19064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:46:20 +0100

> But this problem is not new.  The same can be reproduced
> in older versions with
>
> (progn
>    (man "XYZ")
>    (read-string "-->"))
>
> This is because quit-restore-window moves point to wrong window.

What should 'quit-restore-window' do here in particular?

martin
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