Subject: Re: bug#50184: emacsclient -n should clear the minibuffer

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:54:42 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]> writes:

> C-x C-f clears any words sitting in the minibuffer.
> So should emacsclient -n.
>
> Try this:
> M-! date
> C-x C-f somefile
>
> Vs.
> M-x server-start
> M-! date
> $ emacsclient -n somefile
>
> That the date is still sitting there is weird.

When reusing the Emacs frame, it seems kinda natural to not touch the
minibuffer area -- I can imagine that some people have work flows that
depend on not losing the message.

Anybody got an opinion here?

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