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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "Tamas Papp" <tkpapp@gmail.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: how to capture output too long to fit
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:51:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICOEMCDOAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877invg5sx.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu>

> >> 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?

If you use Icicles, plain `M-: (frame-parameters)' does what you want.
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-08-16 14:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.4853.1187256810.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-16  9:57 ` how to capture output too long to fit Tamas Papp
2007-08-16 13:25   ` weber
2007-08-16 13:27     ` weber
2007-08-16 14:51   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2007-08-16 13:31 martin rudalics
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-08-16  9:33 martin rudalics
2007-08-15 19:21 Tamas Papp
2007-08-15 19:28 ` weber
2007-08-16  1:16   ` Barry Margolin
2007-08-16  6:55 ` Dmitri Minaev

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