Re: Recent change to xdisp.c breaks minibuffer input

[Kim F. Storm]

Are nobody else bothered by this bug?

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> "Kim F. Storm" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The following change has broken minibuffer input in various ways:
>>
>> 2005-08-20  Richard M. Stallman  <address@hidden>
>>
>>      * xdisp.c (display_echo_area_1): Get display start pos from w->start.
>>      (resize_mini_window): Set w->start, and PT, so as to display the tail
>>      end of the buffer, if it doesn't all fit.
>
> Actually, I don't understand how this (or any other redisplay) code
> can _ever_ be allowed to blindly change PT like that.  
>
> I suggest we revert that change and find some other way to fix the
> problem (in yes-or-no-p IIUC) it was supposed to fix.
>
> If yes-or-no-p requires PT to be at the end of the prompt, it should
> put it there explicitly!
>
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