Package: emacs;
Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:41:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: moreinfo, wontfix
Found in version 24.3.50
Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> To: 17256 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#17256: 24.3.50; minibuffer in main window Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 22:40:07 -0400
I found the minibuffer in the main window. It was showing a prompt for a buffer name. C-x b R TAB RET C-a SPC C-d x C-x C-s C-n C-n C-e C-b ESC b ESC b ESC b ESC w C-x b i n o u t RET ESC x g r e p RET C-y SPC C-g C-x b RET C-x C-@ ESC < It was at that point. Then I did C-x b RET and it switched back to RMAIL. I don't know how to reproduce it, but it might have to do with the C-x C-@, which I typed by mistake. However, shouldn't trying to make a main window display a minibuffer cause an error? In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.21 (mips64el-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of 2014-03-19 on chiefs-gnewsense Repository revision: 116794 rms <at> gnu.org-20140318132201-dtr8qpr4dyqhykoo System Description: gNewSense GNU/Linux 3.0 (parkes) Configured using: `configure 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g'' Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Help Minor modes in effect: shell-dirtrack-mode: t gpm-mouse-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: g h t SPC w a n t SPC t o SPC t a k e SPC a SPC k o o k . ESC b C-d l C-e RET C-c C-c C-x b i n o u t RET ESC x g r e p RET b e t u DEL DEL DEL DEL v e n t u r e b SPC z 4 9 * / * RET C-u C-x m C-x 1 C-x b R TAB RET C-x 1 C-d C-d x p SPC C-u C-n C-u C-n C-n C-n C-x b i n o u t C-g C-n C-n C-e C-p ESC b ESC b C-@ ESC f ESC f ESC f ESC f ESC w C-x b i n o u t RET ESC x g r e p RET " C-y " SPC r m s 4 9 * RET C-x o C-u C-n C-u C-n C-u C-n C-u C-n C-n C-x ESC 1 C-g C-x 1 C-u C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-u C-p C-u C-p RET C-x o C-x o ESC - ESC s C-y RET ESC < C-x 1 SPC C-x b R TAB RET C-a SPC C-d x C-x C-s C-n C-n C-e C-b ESC b ESC b ESC b ESC w C-x b i n o u t RET ESC x g r e p RET C-y SPC C-g C-x b RET C-x C-@ ESC < C-x b RET C-h l C-h c C-x C-@ C-@ C-e C-b ESC w C-x C-g C-x o C-u C-p C-n ESC b ESC b ESC b ESC b ESC b C-@ C-n C-n C-n C-n ESC w ESC x r e p o r t SPC e m a s SPC DEL DEL a c s SPC b u g RET Recent messages: Saving file /home/rms/RMAIL... Wrote /home/rms/RMAIL [2 times] Quit Mark set Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help. 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