From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mode-line-inactive and toggle-input-method Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:24:21 +0200 (IST) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: quimby2.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: quimby2.netfonds.no 1014805904 26586 195.204.10.66 (27 Feb 2002 10:31:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby2.netfonds.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Feb 2002 10:31:44 GMT Cc: storm@cua.dk, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby2.netfonds.no with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16g1N9-0006ui-00 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:31:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16g1J3-0007ku-00; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 05:27:29 -0500 Original-Received: from is.elta.co.il ([199.203.121.2]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16g1HX-0007i1-00; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 05:25:55 -0500 Original-Received: from is (is [199.203.121.2]) by is.elta.co.il (8.9.3/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA22240; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:24:21 +0200 (IST) X-Sender: eliz@is Original-To: Al Petrofsky In-Reply-To: <200202270013.QAA10950@radish.petrofsky.org> Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: quimby.gnus.org gmane.emacs.devel:1589 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:1589 On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Al Petrofsky wrote: > Why the inconsistency for minibuffer entry from the miniwindow? IMHO, it's not an inconsistency from the user's point of view: the minibuffer's main purpose is get input from the user, but conceptually you are still in the same window and the same buffer. Otherwise, you couldn't evaluate buffer-specific variables with M-:, for example. > I sometimes accidentally hit M-x twice in a row. It would be useful > to have immediate feedback that this has happened. ??? I don't follow: the first M-x gives you an immediate feedback, since there's the "M-x" prompt. The second one signals an error, also a kind of ``immediate'' feedback ;-) What am I missing? > I seem to recall the original requester of this feature wanted to be > able to tell which window was selected by glancing at the frame's > mode-lines, rather than having to find the cursor. If moving into the > miniwindow doesn't change any of the mode-lines, then the feature > fails to provide that functionality. I think it depends on the precise definition of ``selected window''. I doubt that many users are aware that going to the minibuffer selects a different window. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel