Subject: bug#60740: 29.0.60; Broken isearch-emoji-by-name

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:29:43 +0200

>>> But typing e.g. 'C-s C-x 8 e RET waving hand RET' fails with:
>>>
>>>   ⛔ Error (transient): Inconsistent transient state detected.
>>>   This should never happen.
>>>   Please open an issue and post the shown command log.
>>>   This is a heisenbug, so any additional details might help.
>>>   Thanks!
>>
>> Looks like a problem with any Emoji that has variants, where you need
>> to select one of the variants?
>
> The command suspends the isearch while the emoji-search command is
> invoked, but I see that the isearch reactivates prematurely, when the
> Transient menu is shown (M-x debug-watch RET isearch-suspended RET is
> helpful here).
>
> Perhaps this is conflicting with Transient in some way.  We should try
> to keep the isearch suspended until after the Transient menu interaction
> has finished, I think.

The question is rather opposite: why Transient doesn't use
recursive-edit like all normal minibuffers?