Re: Call CMD w/ keybinding VS execute-extended-command: redisplay behaviour

[Tino Calancha]

On Sun, 25 Mar 2018, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > From: Tino Calancha <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:00:47 +0900
> > Cc: address@hidden
> >
> > What still puzzle me is that I manually call `redisplay' at the end of
> > `foo-update-friend', but I still don't get a redisplay when using the
> > keybinding :-(
>
> That's because the call to 'redisplay' in sit-for is not the reason
> you get a redisplay when you type "M-x SOMETHING RET".  If you do that
> slowly, you should see that the screen is redrawn as soon as you type
> "M-x".  This happens because execute-extended-command reads from the
> minibuffer, which enters recursive-editing, and that performs a
> thorough redipslay.
I see, totally consistent with the observations.  Thank you!

On Sun, 25 Mar 2018, Charles A. Roelli wrote:
>  Did you try force-mode-line-update?
Excellent!
Using `force-mode-line-update' I get updated the header line
also when I use the `r' keybinding :-)
I will use this in my implementation.
Thank you very much!