From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Marshall Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Clearing the echo area Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:47:01 +0100 Organization: ..when the revolution comes Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: robert@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032342957 1550 127.0.0.1 (18 Sep 2002 09:55:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:55:57 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17rbYq-0000Ol-00 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:55:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17rbZ9-0000fm-00; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:56:15 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!195.102.208.198!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.102.208.198 Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1032342189 4099625 195.102.208.198 (16 [66208]) X-Home-Page: http://www.chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2 (i386-msvc-windows98.2222) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9Sq0pbcIbpjdMJj6DuttRhQWTFI= Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:105021 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1576 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1576 I guess this is an issue with emacs rather than vm (which I use for email). Whilst vm was starting up I resized the frame and obviously did something wrong as I then typed g (for getting new email) and my pop3 mailbox password, nothing happened, I typed n a few times in an attempt to move about the mailbox without any effect, eventually I go back to the main emacs frame and I see in the echo area 'nnnnnn g' Looking in the *Messages* buffer I saw w32-handle-scroll-bar-event: End of buffer Tried a few C-g's to get tid of my password display, tried find-file, that seems to clear it, but then when I change buffer or scroll, it = the display of nnnnnn g keeps coming back(!) apropos echo gives me nothing relevant (IMHO), what am I missing? Robert -- Poetry's not window cleaning. It breaks the glass. -- Chase Twichell