I&#39;ve managed to do this several times, but I don&#39;t know yet how to repeat it. I know about `C-h l&#39;, but I haven&#39;t spotted the pattern.<div><br></div><div>After making various mistakes that I&#39;ve canceled with C-g and/or C-], I get Ex into a state where I can&#39;t type SPC after `:e&#39;. As soon as I hit SPC, instead of offering the directory path of the last file, I get a &quot;No file on this line&quot; error. The only way that I&#39;ve found so far of fixing it is to quit Emacs and start a fresh process, which is no fix at all.<br clear="all">

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