ellis@ultra.dec.com (David Ellis) (10/13/87)
John Knutson (auscso!johnk) asks: > I was trying to figure out what things are available through M-x by typing ? > and emacs said "Making completions list". it split the window and had a > buffer called *Completions* so i pressed return at the M-x prompt to change > to that buffer. but, when i did that it killed the buffer. i also tried > typing switch-to-buffer at the M-x prompt and that didn't work either. can > someone tell me how i can look at other than the first 8 lines of the > completions list???? When the *Completions** buffer appears, the cursor is still in the mini-buffer (bottom line of the screen) awaiting a command. You can at this point get into the *Completions** buffer by typing C-x o (which runs the other-window command) twice. Now you are free to scroll around. But note that the mini-buffer is still awaiting your previous command! You will eventually need to get back to that buffer and then either finish the command or issue C-g to abort. In some circumstances, Emacs will allow you to stack other minibuffer-using commands on top of the one you moved away from. However, you can easily get confused if you do this, so I would recommend it only when you become more comfortable with Emacs. ---- David Ellis Digital Equipment Corporation -- LTN2-2/C08 305 Foster Street, Littleton MA 01460 -- (617)486-6784 Usenet: {ucbvax,allegra,decvax}!decwrl!ultra.dec.com!ellis ARPA: ellis%ultra.dec@decwrl.dec.com