GNU bug report logs - #8116
24.0.50; `minibuffer-message': ignore mouse-up event for `sit-for' on Windows?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 8116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8116: 24.0.50; `minibuffer-message': ignore mouse-up event
 for `sit-for'?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 02:30:08 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> If you pop up a menu (e.g. using `x-popup-menu') and one of its items
> calls `minibuffer-message', the user will never see the message,
> presumably because the call to `sit-for' in `minibuffer-message' sees
> the mouse-up event (from choosing the menu item) as user input,
> canceling the `sit-for' timeout.

Do you have a test case that demonstrates the problem?

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