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elisp : Minibuffers table of contents Introduction Coding Conventions Lisp Data Types Numbers Strings and Characters Lists Sequences Arrays Vectors Hash Tables Symbols Evaluation Control Structures Variables Functions Macros Customization Loading Byte Compilation Advising Functions Debugging Read and Print Minibuffers Command Loop Keymaps Modes Documentation Files Backups and Auto-Saving Buffers Windows Frames Positions Markers Text Non-ASCII Characters Searching and Matching Syntax Tables Abbrevs Processes Display Calendar System Interface Antinews GNU Free Documentation License GPL Tips GNU Emacs Internals Standard Errors Standard Buffer-Local Variables Standard Keymaps Standard Hooks Index New Symbols Caveats Lisp History Conventions Acknowledgements Some Terms nil and t Evaluation Notation Printing Notation Error Messages Buffer Text Notation Format of Descriptions Coding Conventions Compilation Tips Documentation Tips Comment Tips Library Headers A Sample Function Description A Sample Variable Description Printed Representation Comments Programming Types Editing Types Type Predicates Equality Predicates Integer Type Floating Point Type Character Type Sequence Type Cons Cell Type Array Type String Type Vector Type Symbol Type Function Type Macro Type Primitive Function Type Byte-Code Type Autoload Type Dotted Pair Notation Association List Type Buffer Type Window Type Window Configuration Type Marker Type Process Type Stream Type Keymap Type Overlay Type Integer Basics Float Basics Predicates on Numbers Comparison of Numbers Arithmetic Operations Bitwise Operations Numeric Conversions Math Functions Random Numbers String Basics Predicates for Strings Creating Strings Text Comparison String Conversion Formatting Strings Case Conversion Cons Cells Lists as Boxes List-related Predicates List Elements Building Lists Modifying Lists Sets And Lists Association Lists Setcar Setcdr Rearrangement Sequence Functions Arrays Array Functions Vectors Symbol Components Definitions Creating Symbols Property Lists Intro Eval Eval Forms Quoting Self-Evaluating Forms Symbol Forms Classifying Lists Function Forms Macro Forms Special Forms Autoloading Sequencing Conditionals Combining Conditions Iteration Nonlocal Exits Catch and Throw Examples of Catch Errors Cleanups Signaling Errors Processing of Errors Handling Errors Error Symbols Global Variables Constant Variables Local Variables Void Variables Defining Variables Accessing Variables Setting Variables Variable Scoping Buffer-Local Variables Scope Extent Impl of Scope Using Scoping Intro to Buffer-Local Creating Buffer-Local Default Value What Is a Function Lambda Expressions Function Names Defining Functions Calling Functions Mapping Functions Anonymous Functions Function Cells Related Topics Lambda Components Simple Lambda Argument List Function Documentation Simple Macro Expansion Compiling Macros Defining Macros Backquote Problems with Macros How Programs Do Loading Autoload Named Features Repeated Loading Compilation Functions Disassembly Simple Advice Defining Advice Computed Advice Activation of Advice Enabling Advice Preactivation Argument Access in Advice Subr Arguments Combined Definition Debugger Syntax Errors Compilation Errors Edebug Error Debugging Function Debugging Explicit Debug Using Debugger Debugger Commands Invoking the Debugger Internals of Debugger Excess Open Excess Close Streams Intro Input Streams Input Functions Output Streams Output Functions Intro to Minibuffers Text from Minibuffer Object from Minibuffer Completion Yes-or-No Queries Minibuffer Misc Basic Completion Minibuffer Completion Completion Commands High-Level Completion Reading File Names Programmed Completion Command Overview Defining Commands Interactive Call Command Loop Info Input Events Reading Input Waiting Quitting Prefix Command Arguments Recursive Editing Disabling Commands Command History Keyboard Macros Using Interactive Interactive Codes Interactive Examples Keymap Terminology Format of Keymaps Creating Keymaps Inheritance and Keymaps Prefix Keys Menu Keymaps Active Keymaps Key Lookup Functions for Key Lookup Changing Key Bindings Key Binding Commands Scanning Keymaps Major Modes Minor Modes Mode Line Format Hooks Major Mode Conventions Example Major Modes Auto Major Mode Mode Help Minor Mode Conventions Keymaps and Minor Modes Mode Line Data Mode Line Variables %-Constructs Documentation Basics Accessing Documentation Keys in Documentation Describing Characters Help Functions Visiting Files Saving Buffers Reading from Files Writing to Files File Locks Information about Files Contents of Directories Changing Files File Names Visiting Functions Subroutines of Visiting Testing Accessibility Kinds of Files File Attributes File Name Components Directory Names Relative File Names File Name Expansion Unique File Names File Name Completion Backup Files Auto-Saving Reverting Making Backups Rename or Copy Numbered Backups Backup Names Buffer Basics Buffer Names Buffer File Name Buffer Modification Modification Time Read Only Buffers The Buffer List Creating Buffers Killing Buffers Current Buffer Basic Windows Splitting Windows Deleting Windows Selecting Windows Cyclic Window Ordering Buffers and Windows Displaying Buffers Window Point Window Start Vertical Scrolling Horizontal Scrolling Size of Window Resizing Windows Window Configurations Creating Frames Multiple Displays Frame Parameters Frame Titles Deleting Frames Finding All Frames Frames and Windows Minibuffers and Frames Input Focus Visibility of Frames Raising and Lowering Frame Configurations Mouse Tracking Mouse Position Pop-Up Menus Dialog Boxes Pointer Shapes Window System Selections Color Names Resources Display Feature Testing Point Motion Excursions Narrowing Character Motion Word Motion Buffer End Motion Text Lines Screen Lines List Motion Skipping Characters Overview of Markers Predicates on Markers Creating Markers Information from Markers Moving Markers The Mark The Region Near Point Buffer Contents Insertion Commands for Insertion Deletion User-Level Deletion The Kill Ring Undo Auto Filling Filling Margins Sorting Indentation Columns Case Changes Text Properties Substitution Transposition Registers Change Hooks Kill Ring Concepts Kill Functions Yank Commands Low-Level Kill Ring Internals of Kill Ring Primitive Indent Mode-Specific Indent Region Indent Relative Indent Indent Tabs Motion by Indent Examining Properties Changing Properties Property Search Special Properties Format Properties Sticky Properties Saving Properties Lazy Properties Clickable Text Fields Not Intervals Text Representations Converting Representations Selecting a Representation Character Codes Character Sets Chars and Bytes Splitting Characters Scanning Charsets Translation of Characters Coding Systems Input Methods Locales String Search Regular Expressions Regexp Search Match Data Saving Match Data Standard Regexps Searching and Case Syntax of Regexps Regexp Example Syntax Descriptors Syntax Table Functions Parsing Expressions Standard Syntax Tables Syntax Table Internals Syntax Class Table Syntax Flags Abbrev Mode Abbrev Tables Defining Abbrevs Abbrev Files Abbrev Expansion Standard Abbrev Tables Subprocess Creation Synchronous Processes Asynchronous Processes Deleting Processes Process Information Input to Processes Signals to Processes Output from Processes Sentinels Network Process Buffers Filter Functions Accepting Output Starting Up Getting Out System Environment Terminal Input Terminal Output Flow Control Batch Mode Startup Summary Init File Terminal-Specific Command-Line Arguments Killing Emacs Suspending Emacs Refresh Screen Truncation The Echo Area Selective Display Overlay Arrow Temporary Displays Waiting Blinking Usual Display Beeping Window Systems Building Emacs Pure Storage Garbage Collection Object Internals Writing Emacs Primitives Buffer Internals Window Internals Process Internals Minibuffers *********** A "minibuffer" is a special buffer that Emacs commands use to read arguments more complicated than the single numeric prefix argument. These arguments include file names, buffer names, and command names (as in `M-x'). The minibuffer is displayed on the bottom line of the frame, in the same place as the echo area, but only while it is in use for reading an argument. * Menu: * Intro to Minibuffers:: Basic information about minibuffers. * Text from Minibuffer:: How to read a straight text string. * Object from Minibuffer:: How to read a Lisp object or expression. * Minibuffer History:: Recording previous minibuffer inputs so the user can reuse them. * Completion:: How to invoke and customize completion. * Yes-or-No Queries:: Asking a question with a simple answer. * Multiple Queries:: Asking a series of similar questions. * Reading a Password:: Reading a password from the terminal. * Minibuffer Misc:: Various customization hooks and variables. back to topelisp : Minibuffers table of contents Introduction Coding Conventions Lisp Data Types Numbers Strings and Characters Lists Sequences Arrays Vectors Hash Tables Symbols Evaluation Control Structures Variables Functions Macros Customization Loading Byte Compilation Advising Functions Debugging Read and Print Minibuffers Command Loop Keymaps Modes Documentation Files Backups and Auto-Saving Buffers Windows Frames Positions Markers Text Non-ASCII Characters Searching and Matching Syntax Tables Abbrevs Processes Display Calendar System Interface Antinews GNU Free Documentation License GPL Tips GNU Emacs Internals Standard Errors Standard Buffer-Local Variables Standard Keymaps Standard Hooks Index New Symbols Caveats Lisp History Conventions Acknowledgements Some Terms nil and t Evaluation Notation Printing Notation Error Messages Buffer Text Notation Format of Descriptions Coding Conventions Compilation Tips Documentation Tips Comment Tips Library Headers A Sample Function Description A Sample Variable Description Printed Representation Comments Programming Types Editing Types Type Predicates Equality Predicates Integer Type Floating Point Type Character Type Sequence Type Cons Cell Type Array Type String Type Vector Type Symbol Type Function Type Macro Type Primitive Function Type Byte-Code Type Autoload Type Dotted Pair Notation Association List Type Buffer Type Window Type Window Configuration Type Marker Type Process Type Stream Type Keymap Type Overlay Type Integer Basics Float Basics Predicates on Numbers Comparison of Numbers Arithmetic Operations Bitwise Operations Numeric Conversions Math Functions Random Numbers String Basics Predicates for Strings Creating Strings Text Comparison String Conversion Formatting Strings Case Conversion Cons Cells Lists as Boxes List-related Predicates List Elements Building Lists Modifying Lists Sets And Lists Association Lists Setcar Setcdr Rearrangement Sequence Functions Arrays Array Functions Vectors Symbol Components Definitions Creating Symbols Property Lists Intro Eval Eval Forms Quoting Self-Evaluating Forms Symbol Forms Classifying Lists Function Forms Macro Forms Special Forms Autoloading Sequencing Conditionals Combining Conditions Iteration Nonlocal Exits Catch and Throw Examples of Catch Errors Cleanups Signaling Errors Processing of Errors Handling Errors Error Symbols Global Variables Constant Variables Local Variables Void Variables Defining Variables Accessing Variables Setting Variables Variable Scoping Buffer-Local Variables Scope Extent Impl of Scope Using Scoping Intro to Buffer-Local Creating Buffer-Local Default Value What Is a Function Lambda Expressions Function Names Defining Functions Calling Functions Mapping Functions Anonymous Functions Function Cells Related Topics Lambda Components Simple Lambda Argument List Function Documentation Simple Macro Expansion Compiling Macros Defining Macros Backquote Problems with Macros How Programs Do Loading Autoload Named Features Repeated Loading Compilation Functions Disassembly Simple Advice Defining Advice Computed Advice Activation of Advice Enabling Advice Preactivation Argument Access in Advice Subr Arguments Combined Definition Debugger Syntax Errors Compilation Errors Edebug Error Debugging Function Debugging Explicit Debug Using Debugger Debugger Commands Invoking the Debugger Internals of Debugger Excess Open Excess Close Streams Intro Input Streams Input Functions Output Streams Output Functions Intro to Minibuffers Text from Minibuffer Object from Minibuffer Completion Yes-or-No Queries Minibuffer Misc Basic Completion Minibuffer Completion Completion Commands High-Level Completion Reading File Names Programmed Completion Command Overview Defining Commands Interactive Call Command Loop Info Input Events Reading Input Waiting Quitting Prefix Command Arguments Recursive Editing Disabling Commands Command History Keyboard Macros Using Interactive Interactive Codes Interactive Examples Keymap Terminology Format of Keymaps Creating Keymaps Inheritance and Keymaps Prefix Keys Menu Keymaps Active Keymaps Key Lookup Functions for Key Lookup Changing Key Bindings Key Binding Commands Scanning Keymaps Major Modes Minor Modes Mode Line Format Hooks Major Mode Conventions Example Major Modes Auto Major Mode Mode Help Minor Mode Conventions Keymaps and Minor Modes Mode Line Data Mode Line Variables %-Constructs Documentation Basics Accessing Documentation Keys in Documentation Describing Characters Help Functions Visiting Files Saving Buffers Reading from Files Writing to Files File Locks Information about Files Contents of Directories Changing Files File Names Visiting Functions Subroutines of Visiting Testing Accessibility Kinds of Files File Attributes File Name Components Directory Names Relative File Names File Name Expansion Unique File Names File Name Completion Backup Files Auto-Saving Reverting Making Backups Rename or Copy Numbered Backups Backup Names Buffer Basics Buffer Names Buffer File Name Buffer Modification Modification Time Read Only Buffers The Buffer List Creating Buffers Killing Buffers Current Buffer Basic Windows Splitting Windows Deleting Windows Selecting Windows Cyclic Window Ordering Buffers and Windows Displaying Buffers Window Point Window Start Vertical Scrolling Horizontal Scrolling Size of Window Resizing Windows Window Configurations Creating Frames Multiple Displays Frame Parameters Frame Titles Deleting Frames Finding All Frames Frames and Windows Minibuffers and Frames Input Focus Visibility of Frames Raising and Lowering Frame Configurations Mouse Tracking Mouse Position Pop-Up Menus Dialog Boxes Pointer Shapes Window System Selections Color Names Resources Display Feature Testing Point Motion Excursions Narrowing Character Motion Word Motion Buffer End Motion Text Lines Screen Lines List Motion Skipping Characters Overview of Markers Predicates on Markers Creating Markers Information from Markers Moving Markers The Mark The Region Near Point Buffer Contents Insertion Commands for Insertion Deletion User-Level Deletion The Kill Ring Undo Auto Filling Filling Margins Sorting Indentation Columns Case Changes Text Properties Substitution Transposition Registers Change Hooks Kill Ring Concepts Kill Functions Yank Commands Low-Level Kill Ring Internals of Kill Ring Primitive Indent Mode-Specific Indent Region Indent Relative Indent Indent Tabs Motion by Indent Examining Properties Changing Properties Property Search Special Properties Format Properties Sticky Properties Saving Properties Lazy Properties Clickable Text Fields Not Intervals Text Representations Converting Representations Selecting a Representation Character Codes Character Sets Chars and Bytes Splitting Characters Scanning Charsets Translation of Characters Coding Systems Input Methods Locales String Search Regular Expressions Regexp Search Match Data Saving Match Data Standard Regexps Searching and Case Syntax of Regexps Regexp Example Syntax Descriptors Syntax Table Functions Parsing Expressions Standard Syntax Tables Syntax Table Internals Syntax Class Table Syntax Flags Abbrev Mode Abbrev Tables Defining Abbrevs Abbrev Files Abbrev Expansion Standard Abbrev Tables Subprocess Creation Synchronous Processes Asynchronous Processes Deleting Processes Process Information Input to Processes Signals to Processes Output from Processes Sentinels Network Process Buffers Filter Functions Accepting Output Starting Up Getting Out System Environment Terminal Input Terminal Output Flow Control Batch Mode Startup Summary Init File Terminal-Specific Command-Line Arguments Killing Emacs Suspending Emacs Refresh Screen Truncation The Echo Area Selective Display Overlay Arrow Temporary Displays Waiting Blinking Usual Display Beeping Window Systems Building Emacs Pure Storage Garbage Collection Object Internals Writing Emacs Primitives Buffer Internals Window Internals Process Internals
