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

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 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 19:54:11 +0300

>> y-or-n-p deliberately displays the prompt with your response before it
>> returns to the caller, see the source.  It does that because
>> otherwise you would not have a chance of observing your response.
>
> Ah, ok.
>
> In my case, I find that echo a bit unnecessary/disconcerting (hence
> this bug report).
>
> What about adding a variable to control that echo (with default value
> "on", to keep the current behavior untouched)?

You can put in your .emacs:

(defadvice y-or-n-p (around y-or-n-p act)
  (let ((answer ad-do-it))
    (message "")
    answer))
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