GNU bug report logs - #21396
25.0.50; read-key's prompt is not visible

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 06:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 21403, 21407, 21408

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #47 received at 21396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: Re: bug#21396: 25.0.50; read-key's prompt is not visible
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:04:07 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> I'm guilty of having (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) in my ~/.emacs,
>> too, but what does this have to do with this issue?
>
> If you don't expect that fset to continue working, nothing.

I expect that I can alias/fset, add-function :override, or redefine any
emacs function with a semantically equivalent function.  Redefining
functions is the worst of all customization possibilities, of course,
but what is the reason that the above cannot be expected to continue
working?

Bye,
Tassilo
This bug report was last modified 9 years and 315 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.