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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Message #64 received at 19064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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,
 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: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 03:13:36 +0100

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

> But a question: after reversing the dependency should it be
> customizable to get back an old behavior for Drew?

I didn't quite understand what Drew wanted (to have the prompt be
overwritten?), but if so, a user option would be trivial to add,
wouldn't it?  Like `display-messages-in-minibuffer' or something?

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