GNU bug report logs - #51475
read-char-choice should hide the cursor

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 05:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

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

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Cc: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 51475 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51475: read-char-choice should hide the cursor
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:28:43 +0000

>
> Isearch for example doesn't show the cursor after the colon until after 
> the cursor can do something useful (ie. you press M-e to edit the search 
> string).  By the same reasoning, I think that read-char-choice should 
> always hide the cursor.
>

Isearch doesn't use a minibuffer, it uses the echo area.  When you press 
M-e it starts to use a minibuffer.
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