Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
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It is much worse when run on an actual terminal. That's why I
called
it a show-stopper.
Not that I care myself -- I use X now. But as someone who used
XEmacs
(not FSF Emacs) on terminals for some time, I know I'd be monstrously
annoyed by such a "feature". In applications like Gnus and VM your
frame is split most of the time, making every minibuffer operation
imply screen repaint. In an emulator, this is acceptable. On a
terminal... hardly.
I don't believe any one is arguing against the fact you have
identified a most undesirable feature. I'm certainly not. I can hold
back naming a 21.0 release if you really wish it, but if it doesn't
core dump, what real difference does it make if the patch to fix it
comes in 21.0.63 or 21.1.1?