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: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 51475 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: bug#51475: read-char-choice should hide the cursor
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:11:46 +0000

>
> As for consistency, it's strange that read-char-choice shows a static 
> cursor, while y-or-no-p shows a blinking one:
>
> (read-char-choice " a - good; b - bad; c - ugly: " '(?a ?b ?c))
>
> (y-or-n-p "How would you fix Emacs?")
>

That's probably because of one of your customizations, in emacs -Q both 
show a blinking cursor.
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