From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs minibuffer window is not active Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:35:04 -0500 Organization: Symantec Message-ID: References: <176649e4-8446-47c4-afec-f8f15ac0f54c@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201671715 5808 80.91.229.12 (30 Jan 2008 05:41:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:41:55 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 30 06:42:14 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JK5i7-00026S-SO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:42:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JK5hg-0006O6-A6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:41:44 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:35:04 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b2 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 19 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.108.171 Original-X-Trace: sv3-0WV0rd1Dvd3hRwORxSelaMF6kstNhx6nzGqvd3iX2f0eqa5aIwBOmi8h6gqTq0Eot7zVpyNuaWzji/6!hwkIepwvLLAyvVc3aPgBS80qdE0gWCH7wKLPTU8aUYanVUfEQNvYsrsg07SQlXkNq1G2Jmrey2kW!qBJk1JTI4p/6l/aRy+WETSEhDdwDvtLae1mbSW1zvA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.37 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:155697 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:51078 Archived-At: In article <176649e4-8446-47c4-afec-f8f15ac0f54c@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, goku 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 ***