From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: How to copy the text in the minibuffer Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:11:30 -0800 Message-ID: <002901c97745$1382ae70$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> References: <213c012d-2c80-4e2e-bbc7-d9405689cd74@p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com> <87vdsgz9o0.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232046732 21628 80.91.229.12 (15 Jan 2009 19:12:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:12:12 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Harry Putnam'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 15 20:13:23 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 1LNXeb-00070Y-4S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:13:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38945 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNXdK-0003Zo-9S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNXcy-0003ZQ-9Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:11:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNXcw-0003YE-3D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:11:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39963 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNXcv-0003Y0-On for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:11:37 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet11.oracle.com ([141.146.126.233]:56967) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LNXcv-0000bn-AB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:11:37 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by acsinet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0FJDDQW007267 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:13:15 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt706.oracle.com (acsmt706.oracle.com [141.146.40.84]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0FJBTBs010004; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:11:30 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:11:27 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87vdsgz9o0.fsf@newsguy.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 Thread-Index: Acl3Qiw1QHmgE8zNR6uLm1QCRyiNZwAAj7VA X-Source-IP: acsmt706.oracle.com [141.146.40.84] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A0B0208.496F8A63.02CF:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:61375 Archived-At: > > 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.