From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs for new users Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:28 +0100 Message-ID: <7b501d5c0911240951q33cd90ffjc5d2505ca9f39734@mail.gmail.com> References: <912155b0911230837i48326730m82e0d54d4004be59@mail.gmail.com> <485b0c380911230905t6513e718w1dd804e18003228@mail.gmail.com> <6E092AF13796494BADEBCE2C5C0361CE@us.oracle.com> <87skc3g7f8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259086310 4949 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2009 18:11:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:11:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Lennart Borgman , Stephen Eilert , emacs-devel@gnu.org, per@starback.se, Drew Adams To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 24 19:11:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NCzrZ-0002v9-AR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:11:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51650 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzrY-0003S5-NI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:11:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzYc-0002m3-8y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzYV-0002dZ-Fu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:52:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38460 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzYV-0002dF-7Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f215.google.com ([209.85.219.215]:43264) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCzYU-00047o-11; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:58 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so152771ewy.8 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=rvERImQ5JvbrUFWM1nNTCfCC8Hve0JxdU29tgsGzvks=; b=pRgp9on4T3OWMICfkNsxlrD5+cSSCEjDBhwkYHd4t/nonE/4fjsrYqU9ebMbepaXJu ncwwVSM6KcZ9XAjIxvaJ1GtaaO9EI02b5qtAZAckI77gwilxXtjNz7P59uOVYp9IXFEx CRaR/GASktTD0ISM+LQhxMch2NA2LbVuGvdtA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=O/sSis0BhKGfEAcJxyWr1cHK6WRGnDBFa+pib4n2l9/2wEDIAPOsEt+RqWYD7iVn80 n4rZRSDZVsOzZP+kU242hGr+BTqsYnqxgYHgwiy/JzVntuWv1Mzz995/nzCGKJT8HlWA ZgfV5LfWAdetkYmc2rGWMIXXbJn9uxMByPXt0= Original-Received: by 10.213.0.144 with SMTP id 16mr5500357ebb.37.1259085108141; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87skc3g7f8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117694 Archived-At: 2009/11/24 Chong Yidong : > Lennart Borgman writes: > >> What I meant was that they should not be allowed to leave the >> minibuffer and go to another window. This is similar to how many GUI >> programs work. > > This is a limitation of other programs. > > > It is nevertheless possibly confusing to newcomers when they accidentally exit the minibuffer. I remember getting bit by that a lot myself when I was new to Emacs (which is not that long ago). -- Deniz Dogan