bug#64141: 27.1 newly has clunky type-break y-or-n-p

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: 64141@debbugs.gnu.org,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:49:05 +0300
> 
> >> the clunkiness that i think of that has always been there is this,
> >> which might or might not be related:
> >>
> >>   - if you are using the mouse when the query occurs, the query might
> >> be in the minibuffer.  it should be in a dialog box.
> >>   - if you are using the kb when the query occurs, the query might be
> >> a dialog box.  it should be in the minibuffer.
> >>
> >> the reason is that i am almost always either in mouse mode or kb mode.
> >> switching causes impact on my system as i have to lift my arms,  or
> >> drop one and possibly lift it again, which can be significantly
> >> problematic in my case for unrelated reasons.
> >>
> >> for isearch, i do not recall previous instances of it in v<=26.1.  i
> >> was only on 26.1 briefly.  27.1 was a first that i recall.
> >
> > Indeed, this is how it was supposed to work.
> > But there is a regression in 29.0.
> >
> > When tried
> >
> >   (run-with-timer 5 5 #'yes-or-no-p "OK? ")
> >
> > it pops up a dialog box in 26.3, 27.2, 28.2,
> > but uses the minibuffer in 29.0.
> 
> Sorry, this is not a regression.  It still pops up the dialog box
> when you are using a mouse.  So I see no more problems.

Sorry, I'm confused: could you summarize which problems are there, and
whether any of them are regressions?