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From: William Xu <william.xwl@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Sometimes I get stuck in the minibuffer
Date: Sat, 01 May 2021 10:11:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2sg36ub3n.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwv8s53n03p.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Lately I’ve been encountering this weird behaviour where out of nowhere,
>> especially when switching buffers, the minibuffer will arrest focus, and
>> I have to use ‘other-window’ or similar to escape.  This is not when I’m
>> prompted anything, the focus remains in the empty minibuffer like in any
>> other buffer, and if I try ‘C-x b’, I get
>>
>>     user error: Cannot switch buffers in minibuffer window
>
> This sounds like a manifestation of the same problem recently mentioned
> by Thierry Volpiatto.  I recommend `M-x report-emacs-bug`.

I think I encountered the same issue. But it is quite random, making it
difficult to reproduce. I'm using it on macOS. 

-- 
William




  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-01  8:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-27  8:37 Sometimes I get stuck in the minibuffer Göktuğ Kayaalp
2021-04-27 10:55 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-27 16:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-01  8:11   ` William Xu [this message]
2021-05-01 14:00     ` Stefan Monnier

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