diff -r bc9ac7a29a73 -r 01ada7b1861d mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Thu Jun 25 09:53:47 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Sun Jun 21 03:13:38 2009 +0200
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
         insensitive. If ui is not interactive, the default is returned.
         """
         if not self.interactive():
-            self.note(msg, ' ', default, "\n")
+            self.write(msg, ' ', default, "\n")
             return default
         while True:
             try: