* minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text?
@ 2003-08-28 4:10 David Combs
2003-08-28 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: David Combs @ 2003-08-28 4:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text?
Maybe I once knew, but I sure forget it now.
Thanks!
David
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread* Re: minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? 2003-08-28 4:10 minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? David Combs @ 2003-08-28 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [not found] ` <mailman.1173.1062051827.29551.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 2003-08-28 20:03 ` Kai Großjohann 2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2003-08-28 7:20 UTC (permalink / raw) > From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: 28 Aug 2003 00:10:28 -0400 > > minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? Like in any other buffer: the minibuffer is a normal Emacs buffer, it's just displayed specially. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? [not found] ` <mailman.1173.1062051827.29551.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2003-08-28 18:27 ` Kevin Rodgers 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2003-08-28 18:27 UTC (permalink / raw) Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) >>Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help >>Date: 28 Aug 2003 00:10:28 -0400 >> >>minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? >> > > Like in any other buffer: the minibuffer is a normal Emacs buffer, > it's just displayed specially. Besides buffer-string and buffer-substring, see minibuffer-prompt, minibuffer-prompt-end, and minibuffer-contents. -- Kevin Rodgers ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? 2003-08-28 4:10 minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? David Combs 2003-08-28 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [not found] ` <mailman.1173.1062051827.29551.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2003-08-28 20:03 ` Kai Großjohann 2003-09-08 20:47 ` David Combs 2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Kai Großjohann @ 2003-08-28 20:03 UTC (permalink / raw) dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes: > minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? Maybe you are talking about the echo area? It shares screen space with the minibuffer; both are active at different times. See the *Messages* buffer for the echo area stuff. At least most of it. -- Two cafe au lait please, but without milk. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? 2003-08-28 20:03 ` Kai Großjohann @ 2003-09-08 20:47 ` David Combs 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: David Combs @ 2003-09-08 20:47 UTC (permalink / raw) [-- Warning: decoded text below may be mangled, UTF-8 assumed --] [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 504 bytes --] In article <84r835ft2u.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>, Kai Großjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net> wrote: >dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes: > >> minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text? > >Maybe you are talking about the echo area? It shares screen space >with the minibuffer; both are active at different times. > >See the *Messages* buffer for the echo area stuff. At least most of >it. (am running through and thanking for prior responses) Thanks much for the two responses! David ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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