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From: drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: How to look at the *Completions* buffer
Message-ID: <1644@culdev1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 11:41:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: culdev1.1644
Posted: Tue Oct 13 11:41:39 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 15-Oct-87 01:00:31 EDT
Organization: Cullinet Software, Westwood, MA, USA
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Ahhh, yes.  The trick is that you must not actually finish the process
of entering the command name in M-x, because when you do, the
*Completions* buffer is scrapped.  You are forbidden to use C-x b to
switch to that buffer, because you are already in the minibuffer, and
C-x b prompts in the minibuffer.  The solution is to use C-x o to
switch to the window that *Completions* is in.  But remember, you are
still inside of the M-x prompting process, and will someday have to
finish it or abort it.  (But you can still use minibuffer-using
commands, since the cursor isn't in the minibuffer!)

Dale

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