From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: minibuffer output to buffer Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163979683 32518 80.91.229.2 (19 Nov 2006 23:41:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 20 00:41:22 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 1GlwHn-00055F-41 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:41:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GlwHm-0005zQ-Nb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:41:18 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 47 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1163978891 23247 166.84.1.3 (19 Nov 2006 23:28:11 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:28:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:143215 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:38832 Archived-At: In article , Dieter Wilhelm wrote: >Gary Wessle writes: > >> 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 > >-- > Best wishes > > H. Dieter Wilhelm > Darmstadt, Germany > > COOL! THANK YOU!!! But -- what's this use of the ALT key? Does nothing (as prefix) for me -- msg still goes to minibuf (or whatever it's called). Now, I'm using a SUN keyboard (with control-key in "right", "old-time" location, left of "a"), on sunBlade-100, Solaris 9. What effect might that have (on my ALT working differently from yours)? Thanks, David