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William Case <billlinux@rogers.com> writes:

> Mathias, I was trying to skip using many words to say a simple
> thing.  Perhaps the paragraph should have read "I know, I know.
> There is no need. As long as emacs has the focus I can just start to
> type M-x or C-X C-F etc. and my command will automatically appear in
> the mini-buffer."

So, what you want is to be able to click in the echo area (the area
below the mode line) to get the "M-x prompt" (without needing to type
M-x), is it?