Re: Stop frames stealing eachothers' minibuffers!

[Gregory Heytings]

> If the command using the minibuffer is given on frame F1, and the 
> selected frame becomes F2, the minibuffer sometimes moves, sometimes 
> doesn't, depending on what the user does. For example, C-s in F2 doesn't 
> usually move the minibuffer, but it will if you use C-x 8 RET.  This is 
> inconsistent.

You are confusing two things here: the minibuffer (for interactive use) 
and the echo area (for messages).  C-s uses the echo area, C-x C-f and C-x 
8 RET use the minibuffer.

I agree with you on one thing: C-x 8 RET should raise a "Command attempted 
to use minibuffer while in minibuffer" error in this case (when 
enable-recursive-minibuffers is nil, which is its default value).  I'm not 
sure why it doesn't.