From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs for new users Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:10 +0100 Message-ID: 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=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259085704 2793 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2009 18:01:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:01:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: per@starback.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Drew Adams , Stephen Eilert To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 24 19:01:36 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 1NCzhm-0006dm-6D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41347 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzhl-0004dU-R8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzIh-0008Vm-ND for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzIc-0008Sg-Vg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50601 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzIc-0008SW-N4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f172.google.com ([209.85.211.172]:44724) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCzIb-0002dW-5M; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:33 -0500 Original-Received: by ywh2 with SMTP id 2so6889972ywh.27 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:35:30 -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=w31rOr+vLdh1FnAK4zu835GEwCZT+p1i745muvsf1Lg=; b=Ckj9ZobSwcPOjfzeLeIOC/sSsRObUM6JM9lxEDG19foKOJWnQ0i9kn6Bdvnp9pyD9i C1GExr8RDshYNVek0rM9iOmdF1rjElV6FJzqS3YWie5mOq5fjReeG1I/kZmsf8WYsoDH X9zCcuKxrfVLdhQsovNSYk58obE1swZkuGpxo= 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=ilyEZyzSWI0M1BtTaiV86Hikv+XXjRsHmohom4t64xZZmTZDbidmAS8W0iI/KXg+xL /dN3cxquT0xOGjQWlgDm/ZyfKuGhjeYdhmzBCRG7ABt+ynJQ48S2XttzavSdLW/bVCP8 RHYNuhooA/9jEiBOp0vdT/jH6fH48pxkFLVho= Original-Received: by 10.101.149.3 with SMTP id b3mr4880620ano.115.1259084130176; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:35:30 -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:117692 Archived-At: On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Chong Yidong wrote: > 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. :-) Or an inability of Emacs to guide users this way. Actually this restriction is imposed when using y-or-n-p.