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In article <84r835ft2u.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>,
Kai Großjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net> wrote:
>dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
>
>> minibuf: how to "grab" (M-W) it's text?
>
>Maybe you are talking about the echo area?  It shares screen space
>with the minibuffer; both are active at different times.
>
>See the *Messages* buffer for the echo area stuff.  At least most of
>it.

(am running through and thanking for prior responses)

Thanks much for the two responses!

David