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Re: messages override minibuffer input
From: |
Roland Winkler |
Subject: |
Re: messages override minibuffer input |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:08:12 +0200 |
On Sun Sep 23 2007 Richard Stallman wrote:
> My knowledge is limited when it can happen that messages can
> override minibuffer input. Initially, I thought only of messages
> from asynchronous processes like timer functions. Then I realized
> that messages can also show up that refer to my current minibuffer
> input.
>
> In cases like this, the echo area message disappears after a
> few seconds, or whenever you type another character. So I think
> those are not a problem. Why do you consider that a problem?
It is true that a message like "Mismatched parentheses" disappears
again after a few seconds.
Yet quite generally, it confuses me when I type something and
suddenly the text I have typed disappears. Even when the message
disappears again when I continue typing, a smooth work flow requires
that I know the last character I typed before the message appeared
so that I know where to continue typing while something else is
displayed.
However, minibuffer input is often more complicated (for example, a
regexp), i.e., I do need the visual feedback that I see what I have
typed and even a temporary message "Mismatched parentheses" annoys me.
(If I try to pay attention to the message overwriting the
minibuffer, I will definitely forget how to continue typing.)
> What about the timer case? Does the message disappear after
> a few seconds, or whenever you type another character?
In the timer case the message does not disappear by itself after a
few seconds, i.e., it is always necessary to continue typing
blindly.
Roland
- messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/08
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/08
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/08
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/15
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/16
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/17
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/17
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/22
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input,
Roland Winkler <=
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/24
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/24
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Drew Adams, 2007/09/23
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/23
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Drew Adams, 2007/09/23
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Roland Winkler, 2007/09/23
- Re: messages override minibuffer input, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/24
- RE: messages override minibuffer input, Drew Adams, 2007/09/24