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bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks |
Date: |
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:06:29 +0300 |
> From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:59:37 +0100
>
> > Another possibility is to use read-char-exclusive which only changes
> > ERROR_NON_ASCII to 0. The downside is that when there are mouse clicks
> > it prints the events into the minibuffer, covering the prompt (but
> > typing "?" still works to restore the prompt).
>
> AS you have done, I read the implementation and tried a patch using
> `read-char-exclusive'. The result is unusable as the printed events
> obscure the original question.
I think "unusable" is an exaggeration, since you can recover the
prompt. And the result is definitely better than the current
situation, where you just get stuck.
> The proper long term fix for this is to make read-multiple-choice use a
> dedicated buffer rather than the minibuffer, and give better visibility
> when more than one question is asked in succession. Perhaps also some
> way to stop the echo area from obscuring the minibuffer ?
The echo-area messages are fine, but we should have a feature that
allows to suppress echoing the mouse clicks.
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, (continued)
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/25
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/27
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Andy Moreton, 2018/07/27
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/27
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/27
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/27
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/30
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Andy Moreton, 2018/07/31
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, martin rudalics, 2018/07/31
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Andy Moreton, 2018/07/31
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Andy Moreton, 2018/07/31
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/31
- bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks, Andy Moreton, 2018/07/31