From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alphan Bayazit Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Start xterm from minibuffer?? Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:20:55 -0400 Message-ID: <87zmfby87c.fsf@bayazit.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152926731 25750 80.91.229.2 (15 Jul 2006 01:25:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:25:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 15 03:25:30 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 1G1YuJ-0000G3-KG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:25:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1YuJ-0002zn-2w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:25:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G1Yu6-0002xV-QZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G1Yu6-0002ww-6s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1Yu6-0002wp-3q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1G1YwC-0001ZI-PY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:27:20 -0400 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G1Yty-0000DZ-Fa for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:25:02 +0200 Original-Received: from pu101327.student.princeton.edu ([140.180.161.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:25:02 +0200 Original-Received: from listec by pu101327.student.princeton.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:25:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pu101327.student.princeton.edu User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cjXMtUxJMpck35t1urpafECXRR0= 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:35969 Archived-At: On 14 Jul 2006, Johs 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-! What does it give you? If it gives M-1 then you may have alt-shift bound to something like layout change in your X configuration (or desktop environment). In any case, M-x shell RET would do the same thing as previously posted. -- Alphan Bayazit http://www.bayazit.net/alphan/