GNU bug report logs - #20813
25.0.50; desktop file exists warning in dialog box instead of in minibuffer

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Message #18 received at 20813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, 20813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20813: 25.0.50;
 desktop file exists warning in dialog box instead of in minibuffer
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:07:38 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> It seems that last-nonmenu-event (which y-or-no-p consults) is now nil
>> during startup, whereas it used to be 0.
>
> Perhaps because Qnil is now zero, and some variable defined 'static'
> and left uninitialized?

Anyway, nil seems like a reasonable default. I can't see that it was
intentionally 0 before.

Perhaps y-or-n-p and yes-or-no-p should also test that last-input-event
is non-nil before creating a dialog box?

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