From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:15:44 GMT Organization: Looking for work Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073801830 4438 80.91.224.253 (11 Jan 2004 06:17:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 11 07:17:02 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AfYuE-0001Qd-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:17:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AfZrO-0002ug-7t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:18:10 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AfZrJ-0002kw-BJ for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:18:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AfZqg-0001ro-Mm for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:17:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [193.4.58.12] (helo=horus.isnic.is) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AfZqe-0001fJ-D7 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:17:25 -0500 Original-Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by horus.isnic.is (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/isnic) with ESMTP id i0B6Focs030531 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:15:50 GMT (envelope-from newsadm@attbi.com) Original-Received: from ops.asp.att.net (sccrnsc02.ops.asp.att.net[135.173.106.206](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004011106154401100nrrbce>; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:15:44 +0000 Original-Received: by ops.asp.att.net (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id GAA13021; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:15:44 GMT Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.109.233 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net Original-X-Trace: attbi_s02 1073801744 24.34.109.233 (Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:15:44 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:15:44 GMT X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6527 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6527 In article , Kevin Rodgers wrote: > When you realize you don't want to complete the `C-x C-f' command, abort > it with `C-g'. Then you can use `C-x b'. Or if you've set the > `enable-recursive-minibuffers' option, you could do `C-x o C-x b'. I think his point is this: why doesn't Emacs just abort out of the minibuffer automatically for you, rather than display an error message and force you to abort and re-execute the command? -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA