GNU bug report logs - #19718
read_filtered_event echos mouse events until character is inputted

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nick Andryshak <nandryshak <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:38:02 UTC

Severity: minor

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 19718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, nandryshak <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#19718: read_filtered_event echos mouse events until character is inputted
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:38:17 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: nandryshak <at> gmail.com,  19718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:13:19 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Isn't this the normal Emacs echoing of prefix keys?  IOW, how is this
> > different from what you get if you type "C-x v" and wait for a bit?
> 
> It is the normal echoing, but read-char-exclusive ignores non-character
> events, so...  why is it echoing them?

Because the echoing happens on a much lower level?
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