From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to capture output too long to fit Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:16:31 -0400 Organization: Symantec Message-ID: References: <87fy2kfvtr.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu> <1187206090.552725.264470@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187228440 6030 80.91.229.12 (16 Aug 2007 01:40:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:40:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 16 03:40:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ILULm-0007v3-0K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:40:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ILULl-00071u-EH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:40:37 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:16:31 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 23 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.108.171 Original-X-Trace: sv3-tmVCcVrA7Lyfb1VGr2AzDIgh6gSeD+qnHO7PPUJQyn2204k9aK7daDNVK3GOj79xZ7GqKcY5dzBu/wO!CQtznxKB6XdWvwWd/sBBEAdC20stwklacqnokzBJsU5Rt9abEy+G6de+H7hSfm/nV4AYltmB37qe!harKiGFUNjtceuTFEjCXAynX8aVrDopQVG6/SjSZhw== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151018 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:46589 Archived-At: In article <1187206090.552725.264470@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>, weber wrote: > On 15 ago, 16:21, Tamas Papp 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 *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***