GNU bug report logs - #50184
emacsclient -n should clear the minibuffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:29:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 50184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 50184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50184: emacsclient -n should clear the minibuffer
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:54:42 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> 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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