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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to capture output too long to fit
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:16:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-E5A632.21163115082007@comcast.dca.giganews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1187206090.552725.264470@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com

In article <1187206090.552725.264470@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,
 weber <hugows@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15 ago, 16:21, Tamas Papp <tkp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I do M-: (frame-parameters) RET, the value appears in the
> > minibuffer, but it is too long to fit there and ends with ...  How
> > could I see the whole thing?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tamas
> 
> What i do is type (frame-parameters) on the scratch buffer, then call
> eval-print-last-sexp. Is it an acceptable solution for you ?

You can also look in the *Messages* buffer, which contains a record of 
all the messages displayed in the echo area.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-16  1:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-15 19:21 how to capture output too long to fit Tamas Papp
2007-08-15 19:28 ` weber
2007-08-16  1:16   ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2007-08-16  6:55 ` Dmitri Minaev
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-08-16  9:33 martin rudalics
     [not found] <mailman.4853.1187256810.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-16  9:57 ` Tamas Papp
2007-08-16 13:25   ` weber
2007-08-16 13:27     ` weber
2007-08-16 14:51   ` Drew Adams
2007-08-16 13:31 martin rudalics

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