Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Combs) writes: >>>If you set enable-recursive-minibuffers to t it works. >>>(setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t) >> >> That is, what *disadvantages* from setting it on? What bewares >> of having it on? > > It apparently confuses beginners greatly when they accidentally end up > with a recursive minibuffer. > > For instance, a common scenario is something like: you click the mouse > in a buffer while the minibuffer is active, then re-invoke your command > thinking the minibuffer input had been aborted [but of course it wasn't, > so you end up with recursive minibuffers]. If you have a good mental > model of how Emacs works, you'll recognize this situation and deal with > it properly, but many people don't.
Most common problem for me is M-x M-x accidentally (probably by autorepeat). Getting out of those can be fun, in particularly if you change windows manually afterwards (Esc Esc Esc helps somewhat for that case). -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
