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From: | Juri Linkov |
Subject: | bug#17272: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it |
Date: | Sun, 17 Nov 2019 23:58:10 +0200 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> So you're saying it wasn't a mistake for you to say > that _user input_ (not a prompt) is permanently > hidden? The minibuffer is composed of both the prompt and user input. Both the prompt and user input are hidden permanently by the message covering the whole minibuffer. > If you had seen `(yes or no)' then you would be > using the minibuffer. And if you had started to > type, say, `ye' for `yes', then your minibuffer > input would have been obscured only temporarily by > the compilation message. Not temporarily, but permanently. > Using the echo area for a "prompt" is, IMO, not a > great idea. I agree, this is why using the minibuffer is better.
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