GNU bug report logs - #21403
25.0.50; invisible y-or-n-p prompt

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza <at> udel.edu>

Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 20:15:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 21396, 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.

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From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza <at> udel.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 21403-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21403: 25.0.50; invisible y-or-n-p prompt
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 19:02:28 -0400

On 03/09/15 at 04:03pm, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Somewhere between g5c0fb39 and gfa5a9c7, evaluating the following
> > results in an empty prompt:
> 
> >   (y-or-n-p "foo? ")
> 
> > I'm guessing g5dc644a, as it touches the minibuffer
> 
> I think it's fixed now

Not quite:

  (setq echo-keystrokes 0.1)
  (y-or-n-p "foo? ")

In the minibuffer all I see is my echoed keystrokes (in this case `C-x
C-e-` from evalling the form in *scratch*). This happens erratically.
Seems to happen more consistently the smaller `echo-keystrokes` is.
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