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Subject: Re: How remove/change appearance of "M-x" prompt when inputting
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Christian Seberino wrote:

> When you do M-x to type in a command interactively
> you see a "M-x" prompt waiting for you to type something in.
> 
> How can I remove or change this prompt?

Edit this code in src/keyboard.c:Fexecute_extended_command(), then recompile Emacs:


   /* This isn't strictly correct if execute-extended-command
      is bound to anything else.  Perhaps it should use
      this_command_keys?  */
   strcat (buf, "M-x ");

-- 
Kevin Rodgers