minibuffer-message doesn't display in minibuffer

minibuffer-message doesn't display in minibuffer

[Matthew Calhoun]

Hello,

I'm using Emacs 21.1.1 on OS X, and I'm having trouble with 
minibuffer-message. Executing this function inserts the string argument 
into the current buffer instead of the minibuffer. If I execute:

(minibuffer-message "TEST")

in the scratch buffer, the message gets inserted at point in the 
scratch buffer, like this:

(minibuffer-message "TEST")TEST

instead of in the minibuffer. Am I doing something wrong or is Emacs 
doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Matt

Re: minibuffer-message doesn't display in minibuffer

[Lute Kamstra]

Matthew Calhoun <calhounm@mac.com> writes:

> I'm using Emacs 21.1.1 on OS X, and I'm having trouble with
> minibuffer-message. Executing this function inserts the string
> argument into the current buffer instead of the minibuffer. If I
> execute:
>
> (minibuffer-message "TEST")
>
> in the scratch buffer, the message gets inserted at point in the
> scratch buffer, like this:
>
> (minibuffer-message "TEST")TEST
>
> instead of in the minibuffer. Am I doing something wrong or is Emacs
> doing something wrong?

`minibuffer-message' is meant to be called from within the minibuffer
only.  If you want to display a message in the minibuffer, you can use
`message'.

Lute.

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