Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > don provan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> It apparently confuses beginners greatly when they accidentally end up > >> with a recursive minibuffer. > > > > Apparently? You really mean to say it's never confused you? I'm > > impressed. > > Well of course I occasionally get tripped up, but I usually quickly > realize what's going on and fix it.
(*whew*) You had me worried, there. I was suspecting you might be an alien invader or something. Anyway, as I say, I agree it's a win. It's just undeniably confusing, not merely "apparently" confusing. Like when you recurse to do a second operation, but then you have to actually do something to get yourself back into the minibuffer to resume -- or even abort! -- the original operation. You have to get very comfortable switching between windows before that seems at all natural. What's more, the minibuffer at times gives you no clue there's previously started command to return to. Has anyone come up with any ways the recursive commands could be better, or is it pretty much accepted that there's nothing that could be done to improve them? -don _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
