From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nikola Skoric Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: deleting minibuffer Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: FER Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188412449 29450 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2007 18:34:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:34:09 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 29 20:34:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IQSMU-0008Vt-3x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:33:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IQSMT-0001CS-M3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:33:53 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsserver.news.garr.it!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.t-com.hr!news3.t-com.hr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-96-39.adsl.net.t-com.hr Original-X-Trace: ss408.t-com.hr 1188405775 19146 78.1.96.39 (29 Aug 2007 16:42:55 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-com.hr Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:42:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151416 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:30:26 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46942 Archived-At: Dana Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:04:39 +0200, Piet van Oostrum kaze: >>>>>> Nikola Skoric (NS) wrote: > >>NS> Hi there everybody :-) I'm a brand new emacs user, and I'd like to get >>NS> rid of some of some minibuffers that I generate (for instance >>NS> *Completions* minibuffer) and then the y get in my way when I do the >>NS> C-x -> thing. When I do C-x 0, I get "Attempt to delete minibuffer...". >>NS> Why is attempting to delete minibuffer wrong? > > *Completions* is not a minibuffer. The minibuffer is on the bottom of the > frame (window) and is usually only one line high. It is used for additional > input to commands, e.g. file names. Without minibuffer Emacs cannot > function properly. However, the *Completions* can be deleted without > problems. I don't know what you mean with the C-x -> thing. When I have more than one buffer opened, then I go to next buffer with C-x, and then right arrow. If I have, say, 2 buffers opened, and then use completion, a 3. buffer gets opened. If I go to that buffer, and press C-x 0, I get "Attempt to delete minibuffer or sole ordinary window". How do I get rid of that buffer? >>NS> Second thing is: how do I force emacs to break lines for me? When I write >>NS> news posts, I want my lines to be less than 70 chars. Is there a way to >>NS> force emacs to break my lines for me? > > menu: Options -> Word wrap in text modes. Don't forget to select Options -> > Save Options if you want to keep it the same for fututre Emacs sessions. > The value 70 can be set by customizing fill-column. Use Options -> > Customize Emacs -> Specific Options and specify fill-column in the > minibuffer. > You can then fill in the value 70 in the dialog window and save it for > future session with the appropriate button. Thank you very much! :-) -- "Now the storm has passed over me I'm left to drift on a dead calm sea And watch her forever through the cracks in the beams Nailed across the doorways of the bedrooms of my dreams"