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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs minibuffer window is not active
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:35:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-3DA743.00350430012008@comcast.dca.giganews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 176649e4-8446-47c4-afec-f8f15ac0f54c@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com

In article 
<176649e4-8446-47c4-afec-f8f15ac0f54c@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
 goku <masterofquestions@gmail.com> wrote:

> I started the emacs.  Now I am trying to click on the minibuffer to
> type something.  I am getting:
> 
> emacs minibuffer window is not active
> 
> your help very much appreciated.

What are you trying to accomplish with this?  The minibuffer is only 
used for entering responses to questions.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***

      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-30  5:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-29 21:25 emacs minibuffer window is not active goku
2008-01-29 21:55 ` Joost Diepenmaat
2008-01-30  5:35 ` Barry Margolin [this message]

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