From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: minibuffer output to buffer Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:01:38 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87d57xli5y.fsf@hans.local.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163023461 12382 80.91.229.2 (8 Nov 2006 22:04:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 08 23:04:18 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvWi-0005eU-IG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:04:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvWi-00019S-4b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:04:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvWS-000162-3K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:03:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvWN-0000un-2N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:03:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvWM-0000uX-VG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:03:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GhvWM-0000pn-EE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:03:46 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id kA8M3daU005465; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:03:39 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-east-130-35-179-145.us.oracle.com by rcsmt251.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2182181051163023299; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:01:39 -0700 Original-To: "Dieter Wilhelm" , "Gary Wessle" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <87d57xli5y.fsf@hans.local.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38595 Archived-At: > > how can I get the output which shows in the mini buffer into the > > current buffer. > > example > > M-x emacs-version shows in minibuffer. > > With a numeric prefix of M-x. For example: > > I'm used to press the ALT key while typing - then x (M-- M-x) > or C-u M-x > or C-1 M-x > or M-1 M-x Ah, good point. Just thought I'd mention that this is a peculiarity of that particular command, `emacs-version'. A few other commands are defined with similar behavior. The general rule is that you cannot access what is displayed in the echo area directly. You can select the message text in *Messages*, or, in some cases, such as `emacs-version', a command might have an option that inserts the message into a buffer.