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How do I stop the mini-buffer prompting for stuff if I've moved on

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Mar 15, 20261111 views
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Problem

From time to time Emacs gets into a state where it is constantly asking me questions on the mini-buffer. This is usually asking for a directory path for an error from compile-mode. However whenever I respond to the prompt it just prompts again for another file. Killing the compilation-mode window d…

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Try M-x abort-recursive-edit.

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