From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-x C-f in two frames -> "user minibuffer while in minibuffer": Bug? Date: 09 Jun 2005 18:56:55 +1000 Message-ID: <87oeaf7vs8.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118311714 24770 80.91.229.6 (9 Jun 2005 10:08:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:08:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 09 11:46:37 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DgJJ3-0001Zm-00 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:26:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DgJPw-0004yR-IF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2005 05:33:40 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 42 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp21-36.lns2.syd3.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1118307413 59.167.21.36 (9 Jun 2005 18:26:53 +0950) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp-out.svc.us.xo.net!nntp1-feeder.SJ.svc.us.xo.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed-3001.bay.webtv.net!news.moat.net!quokka.wn.com.au!token.pipenetworks.com!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:131904 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:27372 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:27372 David Reitter writes: > I don't know if this is a bug or not, so I'll post it here: > > If I open a second frame, then do C-x C-f in one of them and press > tab so that the window is split and I get a *Completions* buffer in > one frame, and when I then select the second frame and do a C-x C-f > there, I don't get another *Completions* buffer there, but an error > message that appears in the first frame: > > "Command attempted to use minibuffer while in minibuffer" > > This happens with standard settings, on the GNU/Linux port as well as > on Carbon, no matter what display-buffer-reuse-frames is. > > Is that a bug? > I don't think you could call it a bug. Maybe a carbon based error! The problem is that you are midway through a command and emacs is waiting for data to be entered in the minibuffer. When you try to execute a second C-x C-f, emacs tries to use the minibuffer again, but its already in use by the previous find-file command. I think the issue is that while emacs has multiple frames, there is really only one minibuffer - each frame doesn't have its own minibuffer. Essentially, you cannot use a command which requires the minibuffer when your half way through executing a command which is already using the minibuffer. You would probably be able to use any command in the second frame which does not require the minibuffer without problems. regards, Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!