GNU bug report logs - #77257
inhibit-message should inhibit echo area clearing too

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>

Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #47 received at 77257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Andrea Corallo <acorallo <at> gnu.org>, dancol <at> dancol.org,
 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, 77257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77257: inhibit-message should inhibit echo area clearing too
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:01:33 -0400

> That said, if everyone else (CC'ed) think I'm too cautious, I will
> make t inhibit clearing the echo-area as well.

I'm in favor of the change.  I think it's very odd that (message "Haha")
ends up just clearing the echo area.  To me, the purpose of
`inhibit-message` is not to hide the messages that would be displayed
but to prevent those messages from interfering with other messages.


        Stefan
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