GNU bug report logs - #51330
C-f 'I-Search:' dialog box disappears

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: kun.sandor <at> firemail.de

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 51330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: kun.sandor <at> firemail.de, 51330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51330: C-f 'I-Search:' dialog box disappears
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:33:50 +0200

Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:

>>
>> (setq inhibit-message t)  let C-f 'I-Search:' dialog box disappear.  
>>
>
> Yes, that's what the docstring (C-h v inhibit-message RET) explains:
> "Do NOT set this globally to a non-nil value, as doing that will
> disable messages everywhere, including in I-search and other places
> where they are necessary.  This variable is intended to be let-bound
> around code that needs to disable messages temporarily."

So this works as designed, and I'm closing this bug report.

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