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 13:54:32 -0800 Message-ID: References: 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 1163022995 10658 80.91.229.2 (8 Nov 2006 21:56:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 21:56:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 08 22:56:24 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 1GhvOu-00045e-UF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:56:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvOu-0005cf-Hr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:56:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvOQ-0005Nv-NQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:55:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvOK-0005JA-Uh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:55:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhvOK-0005Is-Ix for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:55:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GhvOK-0007lW-LC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:55:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsmt251.oracle.com (rcsmt251.oracle.com [148.87.90.196]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id kA8C7kKl018481; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:55:25 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-east-130-35-179-145.us.oracle.com by rcsmt251.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2182176741163022873; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:54:33 -0700 Original-To: "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: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 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:38594 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. Good question - this is a FAQ. Actually most stuff like that is displayed in the echo area, not the minibuffer. The minibuffer and the echo area share the same screen real estate, so it's easy to confuse them. The minibuffer is for user input, though some stuff, such as a prompt, does get displayed there. The echo area is for output - messages and echoes of keystrokes. You cannot type text there. Similarly, you cannot select text that is displayed in the echo area. However, the good news is that most messages displayed in the echo area are also logged in buffer *Messages*. So, just do `C-x b *Messages*' and then select the text there. In Emacs 22, clicking mouse-1 in the echo area, as if trying to select text there, automatically displays buffer *Messages*.