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bug#51475: read-char-choice should hide the cursor


From: Gregory Heytings
Subject: bug#51475: read-char-choice should hide the cursor
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:48:00 +0000



Transient does the same, and I always found that to be a very natural interface.

The same thing if you just press "C-x" and wait a second.


These two examples do not use a minibuffer, they use the echo area.

I'd prefer if we decide if the cursor is always visible or invisible.

[...]

If there's no agreement, I think leaving things as is is

I agree with both of these ideas, so that we can keep the Emacs interface a tiny bit more consistent.


FWIW, I strongly disagree with the "always" idea. There are cases where seeing a cursor is perhaps not important and perhaps undesirable, but there are many cases where seeing visually that the selected window has changed and that the active cursor has moved to the minibuffer is important, such as when you press C-x C-c with a non-saved file-visiting buffer, and/or when you (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p).





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