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Re: address@hidden: Re: map-y-or-n does not use minibuffer-prompt face]


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: address@hidden: Re: map-y-or-n does not use minibuffer-prompt face]
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:11:50 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.94 (gnu/linux)

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

>> > So, should we use it for y-or-n-p and map-y-or-n and query-replace,
>> > or not?
>>
>> I think so because there is no other way to show that Emacs is asking
>> some sort of question.
>
> Those are blocking questions. You can't do anything but answer them.

Of course you can, particularly with focus-follows-mouse or even
mouse-autoselect-window.

And if you do so, you retain a dormant and unhappy pending minibuffer.

> Sooner or later, you will notice the question.

By which time it might no longer apply...

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum




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