GNU bug report logs - #9557
24.0.50; "y-or-n-p" does not clear the echo area

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 9557 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 9557 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9557: 24.0.50; "y-or-n-p" does not clear the echo area
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:43:41 +0200

> Since yes-or-no-p doesn't use the echo area (it uses the minibuffer) you
> cannot compare it with y-or-n-p.

The question is: from an user POV, is there a way to achieve the
behavior I want (short answers), without the "residual text" problem?

-- 
Dani Moncayo
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