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How to put emacs in a weird state

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From: Eric Hanchrow
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 02:48
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GNU Emacs 18.56.1 of Tue Jan 22 1991 on ptl (berkeley-unix).
(SunOS 4.0.3c on Sparc 1)

Start an anvarnished Emacs.
	% emacs -q

Enable recursive minibuffers.
	( s e t q SPC e n a b l e - r e c M-TAB SPC t ) LFD

Enter the weird state by putting the minibuffer in text-mode.  Notice
two `M-x's in a row.
	M-x M-x t e x t RET

Demonstrate the weirdness of the state by observing that the `M-x'
prompt in the minibuffer does not go away, no matter how many times
you hit `keyboard-quit'.
	C-g C-g C-g C-g

Demonstrate the apparant benignness (is that a word?) of the weird
state by going merrily about your business.
	C-x o D e a r SPC N o r a : RET RET L o v e , SPC N i c k RET
	C-x C-w l o v e - l e t t e r RET C-x C-c

I am not sure this is really a bug.  As far as I can tell, this
behavior doesn't prevent you from getting any work done, but it's
pretty disconcerting if you don't expect it.
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