`C-h m' to list active modes in minibuffer?

`C-h m' to list active modes in minibuffer?

[Elena]

Hello,

I'd like to know what modes are active in the minibuffer (to override
their keymaps).

`C-h m' runs `describe-mode', but I can't find a way to call it on the
minibuffer.

Thanks.

Re: `C-h m' to list active modes in minibuffer?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to know what modes are active in the minibuffer (to override
> their keymaps).
>
> `C-h m' runs `describe-mode', but I can't find a way to call it on the
> minibuffer.

What about:

  (with-current-buffer " *Minibuf-1*" (describe-mode))

?


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__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/

Re: `C-h m' to list active modes in minibuffer?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks, Pascal.
>
> I tried that, and I don't know whether its output is correct. I have
> Ido mode enabled: shouldn't such a snippet show something related to
> it? It doesn't, even when Ido's completion is at work.
>
> Maybe my Emacs session just happens to have a different name for the
> minibuffer. I have therefore evaluated `(buffer-alist)' to find out
> what buffers are there, but its result gets truncated.
>
> Any hints? Thanks.

Check your variables:

print-length
eval-expression-print-length


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__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/

Re: `C-h m' to list active modes in minibuffer?

[TheFlyingDutchman]

>
> Maybe my Emacs session just happens to have a different name for the
> minibuffer. I have therefore evaluated `(buffer-alist)' to find out
> what buffers are there, but its result gets truncated.
>
> Any hints? Thanks
>

Does

(message "%s" (buffer-list))

show a complete list?

What do you get from evaluating

(message "%s" (get-buffer " *Minibuf-0*"))

If that doesn't display nil, you have that mini buffer.

 According to the docs the only thing that can be different in a mini
buffer name from " *Minibuf-0*"  (name has a leading space) is the
number.
 ( " *Minibuf-0*"   ...  " *Minibuf-n*" )

Re: `C-h m' to list active modes in minibuffer?

[Elena]

On Jul 21, 1:07 pm, TheFlyingDutchman <zzbba...@aol.com> wrote:
> Does
>
> (message "%s" (buffer-list))
>
> show a complete list?

Yes, it does.

>
> What do you get from evaluating
>
> (message "%s" (get-buffer " *Minibuf-0*"))
>
> If that doesn't display nil, you have that mini buffer.

According to the above snippet, I have both " *Minibuf-0*" and "
*Minibuf-1*". Still, I can't find traces of Ido mode in neither of
them (I don't know whether I should).

Thanks for answering.