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Re: Commands not working
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Maarten Bergvelt |
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Re: Commands not working |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:12:22 +0000 (UTC) |
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In article <pcopsmdwrj8.fsf@shuttle.math.ntnu.no>,
Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> Hmm, I think the other people responding haven't read this very
> carefully, so they missed important clues in the original post.
>
> + "mudgen@gmail.com" <mudgen@gmail.com>:
>
>| The commands don't seem to be working for me. For instance, I start up
>| Emacs. Then I try to exit so I type: C-x C-c and my screen just blinks
>| and nothing happens. I do it again and my screen just blinks and
>| nothing happens, I do it again and same thing, I do it again and I get
>| this new screen that starts off saying " This buffer is for notes you
>| don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.",
>
> A-HA! So, you started emacs from a terminal window, nothing much
> happened in said terminal window, you typed all these commands in the
> terminal window, which doesn't work because emacs, being an X client
> if it can and you're not telling it not to do so, likes to open its
> own window.
>
> So go back to square one: In your terminal window, type "emacs &"
> (without the quotes of course) and hit RETURN. Now wait for the new
> window to pop up: The one you described as a "new screen" above. That
> window IS your emacs! Type your commands to that window, NOT to the
> original terminal window. Everything should now work as expected.
>
> (If not, make sure the new window has keyboard focus, that is, that
> keypresses go to the emacs window. What you need to be sure of that
> depends on your window manager and how it is configured. If placing
> the mouse cursor over the window is insufficient, click on it.)
Boy, you are good, I would never have thought this was the
problem. (Of course, I never start emacs from a terminal since I
always have my emacs open).
Esc-x instead of M-x should also help.
--
Maarten Bergvelt
Re: Commands not working, Harald Hanche-Olsen, 2006/01/27
Re: Commands not working, Harald Hanche-Olsen, 2006/01/27
- Re: Commands not working,
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