From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Colin S. Miller" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Start xterm from minibuffer?? Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:10:54 +0100 Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source Message-ID: <44b7ebe5$0$15795$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152906039 5590 80.91.229.2 (14 Jul 2006 19:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 14 21:40:35 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 1G1TWP-0000H6-6G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:40:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1TWO-0006cL-Lr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:40:20 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.cw.net!cw.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.de!news.net.uni-c.dk!dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060516) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 38 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.56.85.223 Original-X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=6Ta]UoJCh2Q5dE91CT5^XYYSB=nbEKnk[m>CYcV_iN5`DEjM?VVmdH4Y339l>UN3QL<^bVXlX Original-X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140340 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:35965 Archived-At: Johs32 wrote: > Lothar Braun wrote: > >> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 17:32 +0200, Johs32 wrote: >>> How do I enter the minibuffer and start an xterm or run another linux >>> command?? >> Just press M-! and enter the command you want to run. >> >> -- Lothar > > > How do I do that?? I have tried Alt+1, Alt+Shift+1 but that does not give > me: M-! I've set my machine from UK 105 to DK 105, and M-! works (Alt-Shift-1) (on Xemacs under Debian etch) What does M-h w shell-command RET report? Have you any key modification commands in your .emacs? "emacs -q" or "emacs --vanilla" should start emacs without reading your configurations. > > I have tried Alt+M+Alt+x which gives me: > > M-x but from there I cannot type eg. xterm Does Alt-x give you this, or do you have to precede it with Alt-M ? HTH, Colin S. Miller -- Replace the obvious in my email address with the first three letters of the hostname to reply.