From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "leo" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: clone-buffer creates strange error msg: Cannot clone a file-visiting buffer Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:48:42 +1100 Organization: Netspace Internet Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074812736 5964 80.91.224.253 (22 Jan 2004 23:05:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:05:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 23 00:05:28 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AjntA-0004xT-00 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:05:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ajnpb-0005a5-Vj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:01:47 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!203.109.252.33.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl-210-15-204-246.nsw.netspace.net.au Original-X-Trace: otis.netspace.net.au 1074812072 65567 210.15.204.246 (22 Jan 2004 22:54:32 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@otis.netspace.net.au Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:54:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120348 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16292 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16292 hi there in info sitting in the top node i can execute clone-buffer and it works just fine. when i go into the emacs manual or the elisp man and i execute clone-buffer everything's fine, too. but then: i go into the info-file of info it self (title: "Info: An Introduction"), execute clone-buffer and now i get the strange error message: "Cannot clone a file-visiting buffer". why? i'm still inside info (info-mode is switched on). any clue? leo