Re: `y-or-n-p' does not wait for input - assumes `n'

[Luc Teirlinck]

Drew Adams wrote:

   However, I just tried the code again, with the same result (bug),
   in vanilla Emacs (-q).

Just to make sure: and with current CVS?

   Anyway, Richard tested this with the latest CVS code, and he said that it
   works OK (no bug), at least on the platform he used. Thanks for checking. -

It works nearly OK for me too.  That is, I do not see the bug you
describe.  But I noticed something else that probably is a bug:

If you set use-dialog-box to nil and then select "Foo Bar" _with the mouse_,
"Please answer y or n.  foo: (y or n)" appears in the echo area.
The "foo: (y or n)" _was_ asked (which you can see by looking at the
*Messages* buffer), but the mouse click got apparently treated as an
(invalid) answer to the first "foo: (y or n)" question.

To debug what goes on in your situation, it could also be useful to do
`C-h e'.

Sincerely,

Luc.