GNU bug report logs - #6945
active-minibuffer-window returns nil when prompt overwritten by message

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:07:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6945: active-minibuffer-window returns nil when prompt overwritten by message
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:11:30 +0200

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> (defun temp-active-mb ()
>   (message "active-minibuffer-window = %s" (active-minibuffer-window)))
>
> (progn
>   (run-with-idle-timer 1 nil 'message "idle message")
>   (run-with-idle-timer 2 nil 'temp-active-mb)
>   (y-or-n-p "Prompt: ")
>   )
>
> This gives me the message "active-minibuffer-window = nil".

y-or-n-p does not use the minibuffer, so this is correct.

> Is there any way then to discover whether Emacs is displaying a prompt

This is just a message in the echo area.

Andreas.

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