From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: William Case Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Need an enabler for a bad habit. Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:30:31 -0500 Message-ID: <1162582231.5586.6.camel@CASE> References: <1162313968.4941.25.camel@CASE> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162582313 20167 80.91.229.2 (3 Nov 2006 19:31:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:31:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 03 20:31:49 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gg4ky-0007G8-Sx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:31:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gg4ky-0000A6-Dr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:31:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gg4kk-00008A-De for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:30:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gg4kf-0008UI-Hu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:30:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gg4kf-0008U3-94 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:30:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [206.190.36.80] (helo=smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gg4ke-0006KI-Q1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:30:53 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 45473 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2006 19:30:34 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Subject:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=dTNXbkey7fhp9v/24T1naqMuGwZvuDvgjqZq+YXO1aalEdFHLLzq8Sfn1xAnWCxa9DXsuhD4IBryMSU/gjCZWfmqRBN4Te0iRMd7X8tbFszKUeBAC+k09sjtX5/7sL4aBx9CnGBurPOgzd+QMSla84674u2YzxGdyCvHJhU55jM= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.4?) (billlinux@rogers.com@74.104.100.126 with plain) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2006 19:30:34 -0000 Original-To: EMACS List In-Reply-To: <1162313968.4941.25.camel@CASE> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 (2.6.3-1.fc5.5) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38539 Archived-At: Thanks especially to Martin, Kevin and Drew; On Tue, 2006-31-10 at 11:59 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > The mini-buffer looks and feels like a command line. I have the habit > of wanting to click on it before typing a command. If I am not paying > attention to my actions, but rather thinking about something on the > screen, I keep clicking and clicking. Of course, nothing happens. > > After 2 1/2 years of not being able to kick the habit, is there a way I > can set up my emacs to show a blinking cursor in the mini-buffer and be > done with it? > I am going to try your suggested setups over the next week. First I want to download and install Fedora Core 6. I'll let the list know how the habit fix works. -- Regards Bill