Re: Commands not working

[Maarten Bergvelt <bergv@math.uiuc.edu>]

In article <pcopsmdwrj8.fsf@shuttle.math.ntnu.no>, 
Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> Hmm, I think the other people responding haven't read this very
> carefully, so they missed important clues in the original post.
> 
> + "mudgen@gmail.com" <mudgen@gmail.com>:
> 
>| The commands don't seem to be working for me. For instance, I start up
>| Emacs. Then I try to exit so I type: C-x C-c and my screen just blinks
>| and nothing happens. I do it again and my screen just blinks and
>| nothing happens, I do it again and same thing, I do it again and I get
>| this new screen that starts off saying " This buffer is for notes you
>| don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.",
> 
> A-HA!  So, you started emacs from a terminal window, nothing much
> happened in said terminal window, you typed all these commands in the
> terminal window, which doesn't work because emacs, being an X client
> if it can and you're not telling it not to do so, likes to open its
> own window.
> 
> So go back to square one: In your terminal window, type "emacs &"
> (without the quotes of course) and hit RETURN.  Now wait for the new
> window to pop up: The one you described as a "new screen" above. That
> window IS your emacs!  Type your commands to that window, NOT to the
> original terminal window.  Everything should now work as expected.
> 
> (If not, make sure the new window has keyboard focus, that is, that
> keypresses go to the emacs window.  What you need to be sure of that
> depends on your window manager and how it is configured.  If placing
> the mouse cursor over the window is insufficient, click on it.)

Boy, you are good, I would never have thought this was the
problem. (Of course, I never start emacs from a terminal since I
always have my emacs open).

Esc-x instead of M-x should also help.

-- 
Maarten Bergvelt