From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: weber Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to capture output too long to fit Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:25:03 -0000 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1187270703.158513.62580@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> References: <877invg5sx.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187271737 27559 80.91.229.12 (16 Aug 2007 13:42:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:42:17 +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 15:42:13 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 1ILfc5-0002OH-9J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:42:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ILfc5-0004yX-1Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:42:13 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 189.6.204.109 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1187270703 16985 127.0.0.1 (16 Aug 2007 13:25:03 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:25:03 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <877invg5sx.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-BR; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 fw.datacom-telematica.com.br:3128 (squid/2.5.STABLE6) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: 22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=189.6.204.109; posting-account=ps2QrAMAAAA6_jCuRt2JEIpn5Otqf_w0 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151038 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:46613 Archived-At: On 16 ago, 06:57, Tamas Papp wrote: > martin rudalics writes: > >> 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? > > > Try M-: (pp (frame-parameters)) > > Thanks Martin, > > This is the only one that works, all the other approaches have ... at > the end. > > Another question: the output in the minibuffer disappears when I click > on it and try to scroll. How can I prevent that? Is it possible to > evaluate into a new, permanent buffer? > > Tamas 1. Go to a new buffer 2. Write in it: (frame-parameters) 3. Position cursor after the last parenthesis 4. Type M-x eval-print-last-sexp I guess that should work... -weber