GNU bug report logs - #34614
26.1.92; When reading input in mini-buffer, message to each area overide the input prompt

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34614 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34614: 26.1.92; When reading input in mini-buffer, message
 to each area overide the input prompt
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:54:13 +0100

> Could we use the technique used in with-temp-message?  That macro
> cannot be used directly here, I think, because reverting a buffer
> might ask some questions.  But maybe we could do something similar by
> hand inside revert-buffer--default?

Autoreverting asks no questions, it just issues an informative
message.  The buffer has been already reverted for good at that time.
Any macro we'd want here would need a timeout - and apparently that
won't work while waiting for input.  Probably I'm missing something
utterly trivial.

martin

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