From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: jidanni@jidanni.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: an unknown but finite number of C-g's to get back to top level
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:54:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sl2xlwrf.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zlx8q6lf.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:40:44 +0800")
> I am pleased to find a real bug:
> C-\ runs the command toggle-input-method.
> By accident, please type C-\ C-\ C-\ C-\ C-\ C-\ C-\
> You are prompted for Input method:
> You hit C-g, but the prompt just pops back up again.
> Unless you realize that you hit several C-\'s and not just one,
> you get the impression that emacs is now broken, especially after a
> couple more C-g's.
>
> Maybe one C-g should put us back at 'top level', in cases like these.
>
> Or maybe after each C-g, instead of saying "Quit", say "Quit layer 7"
> or some count indicator. Yes, that would be better than sometimes
> blowing lots of input when going to top-level.
Emacs CVS now has a new mode `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode' that
displays the current minibuffer depth as a string "[#]" at the beginning
of the minibuffer.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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