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I just installed Spacemacs on Ubuntu and key SPC it not working. When I press it, Spacemacs shows the message

Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *spacemacs*>

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and and Emacs 24.

Should i configure anything else? I'm have been following this link https://gist.github.com/shaybix/4dd95830909daa59207635951a533127

  • The `*spacemacs*` buffer probably *is* read-only. Does it work with a different buffer, like `*scratch*` or a newly-visited one? – molbdnilo Apr 11 '17 at 13:50
  • maybe you set the editing style to `emacs` instead of `vim`, what happens if you do `M-m`? – gdkrmr Oct 17 '17 at 11:26

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SPC is for vim editor style. Use M-m for emacs editor style

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  • should i learn the M-m or learn SPC. M-m is a bit hard to do. but i am a beginner to this, so whatever ill learn will become a habit . And if i can use space how to do that. – user6202188 May 07 '19 at 13:05
  • i would suggest vim because you would end up using a lot of vim anyway.. but getting hold of either is a great experience. – Atty May 20 '19 at 08:41
  • I would also add that on emacs **"M" means meta** and generally is the "esc" key. So "M-m" is in reality "esc + m" combination. – Doctor Oct 13 '21 at 10:38