From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ian Zimmerman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: starter kit settings Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:45:00 -0700 Message-ID: <87botypr1f.fsf@foolinux.dyndns.org> References: <25D702BF-F974-43D9-AC4C-DB396C356AE6@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1317620719 22381 80.91.229.12 (3 Oct 2011 05:45:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 05:45:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 03 07:45:15 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RAbL0-0007sM-PN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:45:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34419 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAbL0-0001WA-6C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:45:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46478) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAbKu-0001UV-Fy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:45:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAbKt-0002EK-Dt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:45:08 -0400 Original-Received: from li225-69.members.linode.com ([173.255.215.69]:41293 helo=ahiker.homeip.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAbKt-0002Dx-8S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:45:07 -0400 Original-Received: from adsl-75-30-115-138.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net ([75.30.115.138] helo=matica) by ahiker.homeip.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RAbKs-0005fD-JZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:45:06 -0700 In-Reply-To: <25D702BF-F974-43D9-AC4C-DB396C356AE6@gmail.com> (Lachlan Deck's message of "Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:34:00 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 173.255.215.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82404 Archived-At: 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. You're not supposed to edit the prompt the way you're trying to, just type the single letter mnemonic of the desired item which should be clear from the menu (if it is visible). -- Ian Zimmerman gpg public key: 1024D/C6FF61AD fingerprint: 66DC D68F 5C1B 4D71 2EE5 BD03 8A00 786C C6FF 61AD Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.