Re: starter kit settings

[Lachlan Deck <lachlan.deck@gmail.com>]

On 04/10/2011, at 5:22 AM, Lachlan Deck wrote:

> On 04/10/2011, at 5:15 AM, Lachlan Deck wrote:
> 
>> On 03/10/2011, at 4:45 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Lachlan> Firstly, opening menu items seemingly uses the IDO
>>> Lachlan> package. However pressing F10 or M-~ shows in the footer: Menu
>>> Lachlan> bar (up/down to change, PgUp to menu): f===>File
>>> 
>>> Lachlan> getting to the other menu items only works for me by
>>> Lachlan> backspacing over f===>File' where I can then cycle through, via
>>> Lachlan> ido, the rest. It's quite annoying.
>>> 
>>> Do you not see the entire menu in a separate subwindow?  You should.
>> 
>> No. A new buffer comes up, but not with the contents of the menu (as I would expect), but with this:
>> ---
>> Press PageUp key to reach this buffer from the minibuffer.
>> Alternatively, you can use Up/Down keys (or your History keys) to change
>> the item in the minibuffer, and press RET when you are done, or press the
>> marked letters to pick up your choice.  Type C-g or ESC ESC ESC to cancel.
>> In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
>> 
>> There are no possible completions of what you have typed. 
>> ---
> 
> Actually I've just noticed that this problem happens when I've got ECB active. Any ideas why?

And, furthermore, it only happens the first time and until I select an option and thus trigger a Backtrace. After I've done that, the normal behaviour is returned. So I've got a work-around, but it'd be good to know how to configure things so it doesn't happen initially at all.

Cheers.

Lachlan Deck
lachlan.deck@gmail.com