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-rw-r--r--src/keyboard.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 910bbf68da7..e32d9016f6e 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,9 @@ read_char (commandflag, nmaps, maps, prev_event, used_mouse_menu)
start_polling ();
- echo_area_glyphs = 0;
+ /* Don't wipe the echo area for a trivial event. */
+ if (XTYPE (c) != Lisp_Buffer)
+ echo_area_glyphs = 0;
/* Handle things that only apply to characters. */
if (XTYPE (c) == Lisp_Int)