Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:26:04 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't exit xemacs Message-ID: <19990916202604.C282@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19990916110208.E30655@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 11:02:08AM %2B0930 References: <19990915230014.B796@marder-1> <19990916110208.E30655@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 11:02:08AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 15 September 1999 at 23:00:15 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > Seeing as so many people reckon emacs is the best editor in the > > world I decided to give it a try. I installed xemacs-20.4 from the > > packages (figuring that an X front end would make learning easier). > > Twice I've got myself in the situation where I can't exit from it!. > > Normal Emacs runs under X. > OK, I've deleted xemacs and installed emacs-20.3 which seems to be a bit easier to get to grips with (not so many bells and whistles). > > I select ``Exit Emacs'' from the File menu and all I get is the > > message at the bottom of the window: > > > > Wrong type argument: buffer-live-p, #<killed buffer> > > > > The only buffer open is ``Buffer List'' > > > > What the fsck have I done wrong! > > Used the wrong port? Used the mouse? > Used the package on the 3.1 CDs. Yep, definitely used the mouse. > > Mark (who has yet to be convinced that emacs is better than vi) > > I don't know what you've done. It seems that there could be a bug in > xemacs if you haven't rid yourself uncleanly of some buffers. > I kill -9'd it eventually and gave up. Let's see how I get on with plain emacs. > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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