Subject: bug#6280: 24.0.50; (elisp) Dedicated Windows

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:52:45 -0500

>> When not active, the minibuffer is in `minibuffer-inactive-mode',
>> and clicking `Mouse-1' there shows the `*Messages*' buffer.  If
>> you use a dedicated frame for minibuffers, Emacs also recognizes
>> certain keys there, for example `n' to make a new frame.
> I'm not sure what a dedicated frame

In the above text, "dedicated frame" is not a special concept, it's just
talking a way to say it's a frame which the user has created for
a particular purpose.

> Maybe it's a minibuffer-only frame?

Yes.

        Stefan