Subject: bug#29347: 27.0.50; C-g doesn't quit minibuffer

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:21:16 +0100

On Nov 19 2017, Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:

>> From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: [email-masked],  [email-masked]
>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:33:10 +0100
>> 
>> On Nov 19 2017, Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> 
>> > Did you try "C-x o"?  If that works, then it's not a bug, it means
>> > you've entered recursive exit in the minibuffer in some way.
>> 
>> Recusive edit will be indicated in the mode line, and C-g will exit it
>> in the minibuffer.
>
> I meant enable-recursive-minibuffers, which AFAIK doesn't have any
> indications.

A recursive minibuffer can be exited like an ordinary minibuffer, and
exiting it will return to the buffer from where you entered it.

Andreas.

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