Re: [External] : Re: Stop frames stealing eachothers' minibuffers!

[Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>]

Hello, Drew.

On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 23:48:31 +0000, Drew Adams wrote:
> > I spent some time boring into the doc string and the description in the
> > Elisp manual.  The only conclusion I could come to was that C-] is
> > meant to abort EXACTLY ONE level.

> Apologies for chiming in without following
> the thread.

> I just want to say that my use of recursive
> minibuffers depends on being able to use a
> key (preferably `C-]', as always previously)
> to abort a single level (i.e., exactly one).
> ___

> I also have a command, `icicle-top-level',
> bound to `C-M-T' (aka `C-M-S-t'), which aborts
> to the top-level whenever possible.  Doc string:

>  Remove `*Completions*' window.  Return to top level.
>  Try to throw to `icicle-top-level' (`catch' is for multi-commands).
>  If that fails, call `top-level'.

I've just posted another patch in this area.

There's no intention that the functionality of C-] should be changed.  I
see no reason why your C-M-T should not carry on working.  However, if
you feel like testing these things, I'd be grateful!  Thanks!

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).