GNU bug report logs - #65370
30.0.50; Android: Single key input doesn’t work in some situations

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Milan Zamazal <pdm <at> zamazal.org>, 65370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65370: 30.0.50; Android: Single key input doesn’t work in some situations
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 08:55:22 +0800

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> Milan Zamazal <pdm <at> zamazal.org> writes:
>>
>>> In some cases, minibuffer prompts expecting a single key response don't
>>> work.  I don't know whether it's actually Android specific but I've
>>> observed it there.
>>>
>>> I have two reproducible examples when this happens:
>>>
>>> 1. In Dired, when trying to copy a file (using `C' key) to another file
>>>    that already exists, Dired asks for confirmation with the "yn!q"
>>>    prompt.  It's possible to type multiple characters into the prompt,
>>>    the typed characters appear there, but nothing else happens.  I have
>>>    to use C-g to quit.  Instead, the prompt should react to the first
>>>    typed character.
>>>
>>> 2. When running `M-x org-drill' on an org-drill file (org-drill is
>>>    available from MELPA and
>>>    https://gitlab.com/phillord/org-drill#demonstration describes an easy
>>>    way to try it), one can normally type digits 1-5 to proceed with the
>>>    cards.  Instead, the prompt doesn't react to keys at all and when I
>>>    click to the primary buffer, the typed characters are inserted there.
>>>    Both is wrong and doesn't happen in (non-Android) Emacs 29.1.
>>
>> Thanks, both of these issues should be fixed soon.  They're particular
>> to the Android port, more specifically its input method text conversion
>> features.
>
> Is there anything more to do here, or should this be closed?

Nothing other than waiting for a reply from Milan.

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