From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to copy the text in the minibuffer Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:53:39 +0000 Organization: University of Cambridge Message-ID: References: <213c012d-2c80-4e2e-bbc7-d9405689cd74@p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com> <87vdsgz9o0.fsf@newsguy.com> <002901c97745$1382ae70$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232070883 4697 80.91.229.12 (16 Jan 2009 01:54:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:54:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 16 02:55:54 2009 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 1LNdw4-0003em-Sz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:55:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50160 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNduj-0000X0-JK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:54:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNduA-0000P7-OI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:53:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNdu9-0000OU-AD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:53:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36494 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNdu8-0000ON-Uh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:53:49 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:53397 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LNdu8-0003Kd-2F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:53:48 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LNdu7-0005PN-AI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:53:47 +0000 Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:53:47 +0000 Original-Received: from sdl.web by smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:53:47 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:M8DoncpIBCeyPVH553Sp0Men7EI= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:61389 Archived-At: On 2009-01-15 19:11 +0000, Drew Adams wrote: >> > Sometimes I have some text in the minibuffer that I would like to >> > copy, to paste it somewhere else. Is this possible? >> >> There may well be better answers but I often retrieve that sort of >> stuff buy switching to *Messages* buffer where most stuff that appears >> in minibuffer is also written and be copied normally. > > There is likely some confusion here between the minibuffer and the echo area. > These two critters occupy the same space (but not at the same time). > > The echo area is used only for output - messages to you from Emacs. > > The minibuffer is used for input. Sometimes Emacs also puts an informational > message there to accompany your input - for example "[No match]" during input > completion. > > You can copy text from the minibuffer in the normal way. (You can even copy text > from the minibuffer prompt, if you need to.) > > You cannot copy text (messages) from the echo area. There is really no way for > you to "get into" the echo area - it is for output only. But, as Harry > indicated, you can copy the same message from buffer *Messages*, where it is > logged. This is a precise description! Excellent. -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: I use Emacs :.