From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-x C-f in two frames -> "user minibuffer while in Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 10:23:56 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <85fyuv7zdv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120468643 24833 80.91.229.2 (4 Jul 2005 09:17:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 09:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 04 11:17:20 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DpN4e-0006Jo-1g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:17:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DpN5q-0003CH-Am for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 05:18:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tuTfb1MHunZdjlMpKQ4RH52uj08= Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 04 Jul 2005 10:23:53 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: a14ecfe5.newsread4.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=7^hRP; S4HAK5VQnf?UOZgE:ejgIfPPldDjW\KbG]kaMHliQbn6H@_EI`V@; 0S2QjYN1_LiI6ENVaM3>5MOK` 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:27788 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:27788 Miles Bader writes: > dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes: >>>If you set enable-recursive-minibuffers to t it works. >>>(setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t) >> >> That is, what *disadvantages* from setting it on? What bewares >> of having it on? > > It apparently confuses beginners greatly when they accidentally end up > with a recursive minibuffer. > > For instance, a common scenario is something like: you click the mouse > in a buffer while the minibuffer is active, then re-invoke your command > thinking the minibuffer input had been aborted [but of course it wasn't, > so you end up with recursive minibuffers]. If you have a good mental > model of how Emacs works, you'll recognize this situation and deal with > it properly, but many people don't. Most common problem for me is M-x M-x accidentally (probably by autorepeat). Getting out of those can be fun, in particularly if you change windows manually afterwards (Esc Esc Esc helps somewhat for that case). -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum