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From: ag@elgar.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: ^X-O inside minibuffer
Message-ID: <27@elgar.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 89 21:14:04 GMT
References: <8901160850.AA03044@total.ai.mit.edu>
Reply-To: ag@elgar.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski)
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(I just jumped in on this one... didn't see his previous message)

In article <8901160850.AA03044@total.ai.mit.edu> klotz@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU
(Leigh L. Klotz) writes:
>If you do ^X-O inside a minibuffer, you will get into
>a bizzare mode where the minibuffer prompt (Find File,
>Switch to Buffer, whatever) will keep being redisplayed
>in the echo area, but the cursor will remain in one
>of the normal buffers, and you will be able to edit
>normally.

Why is this bizzare?  You are telling emacs that you wish to move to
another window.  This is useful, for instance, if you want to read in
/usr/dict/words while you are in a M-x spell-buffer on a word you just
can't figure out (the voice of experience :-).  I'm sure it is valid
in a lot of other situtations, also.

>Maybe ^X-O should be disabled inside the minibuffer,
>just as ^X-2 is.

I'd say leave it in the distribution.  There is local map for the
minibuffer.  Some connotation of:

	 (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\C-xo" nil)

in your .emacs will disable the switch-buffer feature as you want.

Pax, Keith
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ag@elgar.CTS.COM         Keith Gabryelski          ...!{ucsd, jack}!elgar!ag