Clicking on the window with the "Install" button doesn't work (2024)
(This is part of: 2024-restructuring)These are the initial screens of an Emacs in graphical mode (left) and in terminal mode (right):
And this is what you see in graphical mode (left) and terminal mode (right) when you try to install eev with M-x list-packages:
Initially the cursor is the at the window at the left - but the "Install" button is at the window at the right.
In graphical mode you can switch to the window at the right by clicking on it, and you can press the "Install" button by either clicking on it or by typing RET on it.
In terminal mode Emacs ignores mouse clicks.
If you use Emacs in terminal mode then several things in (find-windows-beginner-intro) won't work, but you can still do a lot if you learn the keys in this section:
(find-emacs-keys-intro "6. Windows") |
Remember that you don't need to memorize those keys - you can just keep that page open in a browser tab and consult it when needed.
Going back to our original problem, in Emacs in terminal mode we can't switch to the second window by clicking on it, but we can use `C-x o':
C-x o -- other-window (find-enode "Other Window") |