From xemacs-m  Wed Feb 12 13:52:22 1997
Received: from steadfast.teradyne.com (steadfast.teradyne.com [131.101.1.200])
	by xemacs.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA04674
	for <xemacs-beta@xemacs.org>; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 13:52:22 -0600 (CST)
Received: from kiki.icd.teradyne.com (kiki.icd.teradyne.com [131.101.1.30]) by steadfast.teradyne.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id OAA16676; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:55:19 -0500 (EST)
Received: from spacely.icd.teradyne.com (spacely.icd.teradyne.com [131.101.10.9]) by kiki.icd.teradyne.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id OAA17314; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:49:16 -0500 (EST)
Received: from spacely by spacely.icd.teradyne.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4)
	id OAA15735; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:52:01 -0500
Message-Id: <199702121952.OAA15735@spacely.icd.teradyne.com>
X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
cc: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org
Subject: Re: Senility, or screw-up, or? (Xemacs 20.0-final3(?)) 
In-reply-to: Valdis.Kletnieks's message of Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:32:57 -0500.
	     <199702121933.OAA24342@black-ice.cc.vt.edu> 
reply-to: acs@acm.org
X-Attribution: Vin
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:52:00 -0500
From: Vinnie Shelton  <shelton@icd.teradyne.com>

I've seen similar behavior.  I didn't get a reproducible test case, though.

vin

> I've noticed that sometimes, messages displayed on the minibuffer line
> get "stuck".  For instance, I used M-: to eval a line or two of Elisp
> to install a something-hook for testing, and now I'll often *still*
> have a pending message 'Eval:' still parked down there, though the
> eval is *long* gone.  Another favorite is the message
> "Buffer 4 was modified - Kill anyhow? (yes/no)"  even though
> buffer 4 was killed off a LONG time ago.
> 
> If other things want to display a message there, it will work, but
> once they're done, the "hung" message will re-appear.
> 
> Is this a bug? A misconfig on my part? Optimizer brain-damage? Or
> am I in need of anti-psychotic medication? ;)
> 
> -- 
> 				Valdis Kletnieks
> 				Computer Systems Engineer
> 				Virginia Tech
> 
> 
> 


