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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, |
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5 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6555 | 6 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
7 @setfilename ../info/minibuf | |
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8 @node Minibuffers, Command Loop, Read and Print, Top |
6555 | 9 @chapter Minibuffers |
10 @cindex arguments, reading | |
11 @cindex complex arguments | |
12 @cindex minibuffer | |
13 | |
14 A @dfn{minibuffer} is a special buffer that Emacs commands use to read | |
15 arguments more complicated than the single numeric prefix argument. | |
16 These arguments include file names, buffer names, and command names (as | |
17 in @kbd{M-x}). The minibuffer is displayed on the bottom line of the | |
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18 frame, in the same place as the echo area, but only while it is in use |
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19 for reading an argument. |
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21 @menu | |
22 * Intro to Minibuffers:: Basic information about minibuffers. | |
23 * Text from Minibuffer:: How to read a straight text string. | |
24 * Object from Minibuffer:: How to read a Lisp object or expression. | |
25 * Minibuffer History:: Recording previous minibuffer inputs | |
26 so the user can reuse them. | |
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27 * Initial Input:: Specifying initial contents for the minibuffer. |
6555 | 28 * Completion:: How to invoke and customize completion. |
29 * Yes-or-No Queries:: Asking a question with a simple answer. | |
30 * Multiple Queries:: Asking a series of similar questions. | |
23147 | 31 * Reading a Password:: Reading a password from the terminal. |
6555 | 32 * Minibuffer Misc:: Various customization hooks and variables. |
33 @end menu | |
34 | |
35 @node Intro to Minibuffers | |
36 @section Introduction to Minibuffers | |
37 | |
38 In most ways, a minibuffer is a normal Emacs buffer. Most operations | |
39 @emph{within} a buffer, such as editing commands, work normally in a | |
40 minibuffer. However, many operations for managing buffers do not apply | |
41 to minibuffers. The name of a minibuffer always has the form @w{@samp{ | |
46915 | 42 *Minibuf-@var{number}*}}, and it cannot be changed. Minibuffers are |
6555 | 43 displayed only in special windows used only for minibuffers; these |
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44 windows always appear at the bottom of a frame. (Sometimes frames have |
6555 | 45 no minibuffer window, and sometimes a special kind of frame contains |
46 nothing but a minibuffer window; see @ref{Minibuffers and Frames}.) | |
47 | |
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48 The text in the minibuffer always starts with the @dfn{prompt string}, |
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49 the text that was specified by the program that is using the minibuffer |
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50 to tell the user what sort of input to type. This text is marked |
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51 read-only so you won't accidentally delete or change it. It is also |
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52 marked as a field (@pxref{Fields}), so that certain motion functions, |
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54 @code{forward-sentence}, and @code{forward-paragraph}, stop at the |
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55 boundary between the prompt and the actual text. (In older Emacs |
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56 versions, the prompt was displayed using a special mechanism and was not |
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57 part of the buffer contents.) |
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58 |
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59 The minibuffer's window is normally a single line; it grows |
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60 automatically if necessary if the contents require more space. You can |
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61 explicitly resize it temporarily with the window sizing commands; it |
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62 reverts to its normal size when the minibuffer is exited. You can |
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63 resize it permanently by using the window sizing commands in the frame's |
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64 other window, when the minibuffer is not active. If the frame contains |
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65 just a minibuffer, you can change the minibuffer's size by changing the |
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66 frame's size. |
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68 Use of the minibuffer reads input events, and that alters the values |
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69 of variables such as @code{this-command} and @code{last-command} |
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70 (@pxref{Command Loop Info}). Your program should bind them around the |
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71 code that uses the minibuffer, if you do not want that to change them. |
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6555 | 73 If a command uses a minibuffer while there is an active minibuffer, |
74 this is called a @dfn{recursive minibuffer}. The first minibuffer is | |
75 named @w{@samp{ *Minibuf-0*}}. Recursive minibuffers are named by | |
76 incrementing the number at the end of the name. (The names begin with a | |
77 space so that they won't show up in normal buffer lists.) Of several | |
78 recursive minibuffers, the innermost (or most recently entered) is the | |
79 active minibuffer. We usually call this ``the'' minibuffer. You can | |
80 permit or forbid recursive minibuffers by setting the variable | |
81 @code{enable-recursive-minibuffers} or by putting properties of that | |
82 name on command symbols (@pxref{Minibuffer Misc}). | |
83 | |
84 Like other buffers, a minibuffer may use any of several local keymaps | |
85 (@pxref{Keymaps}); these contain various exit commands and in some cases | |
12098 | 86 completion commands (@pxref{Completion}). |
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88 @itemize @bullet | |
89 @item | |
90 @code{minibuffer-local-map} is for ordinary input (no completion). | |
91 | |
92 @item | |
93 @code{minibuffer-local-ns-map} is similar, except that @key{SPC} exits | |
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94 just like @key{RET}. |
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96 @item | |
97 @code{minibuffer-local-completion-map} is for permissive completion. | |
98 | |
99 @item | |
100 @code{minibuffer-local-must-match-map} is for strict completion and | |
101 for cautious completion. | |
102 @end itemize | |
103 | |
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104 When Emacs is running in batch mode, any request to read from the |
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105 minibuffer actually reads a line from the standard input descriptor that |
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106 was supplied when Emacs was started. |
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6555 | 108 @node Text from Minibuffer |
109 @section Reading Text Strings with the Minibuffer | |
110 | |
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111 Most often, the minibuffer is used to read text as a string. It can |
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112 also be used to read a Lisp object in textual form. The most basic |
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113 primitive for minibuffer input is @code{read-from-minibuffer}; it can do |
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114 either one. |
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12098 | 116 In most cases, you should not call minibuffer input functions in the |
117 middle of a Lisp function. Instead, do all minibuffer input as part of | |
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118 reading the arguments for a command, in the @code{interactive} |
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119 specification. @xref{Defining Commands}. |
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121 @defun read-from-minibuffer prompt-string &optional initial-contents keymap read hist default inherit-input-method |
6555 | 122 This function is the most general way to get input through the |
123 minibuffer. By default, it accepts arbitrary text and returns it as a | |
124 string; however, if @var{read} is non-@code{nil}, then it uses | |
125 @code{read} to convert the text into a Lisp object (@pxref{Input | |
126 Functions}). | |
127 | |
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128 The first thing this function does is to activate a minibuffer and |
6555 | 129 display it with @var{prompt-string} as the prompt. This value must be a |
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130 string. Then the user can edit text in the minibuffer. |
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132 When the user types a command to exit the minibuffer, |
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133 @code{read-from-minibuffer} constructs the return value from the text in |
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134 the minibuffer. Normally it returns a string containing that text. |
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135 However, if @var{read} is non-@code{nil}, @code{read-from-minibuffer} |
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136 reads the text and returns the resulting Lisp object, unevaluated. |
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137 (@xref{Input Functions}, for information about reading.) |
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139 The argument @var{default} specifies a default value to make available |
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140 through the history commands. It should be a string, or @code{nil}. |
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141 If non-@code{nil}, the user can access it using |
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142 @code{next-history-element}, usually bound in the minibuffer to |
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143 @kbd{M-n}. If @var{read} is non-@code{nil}, then @var{default} is |
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144 also used as the input to @code{read}, if the user enters empty input. |
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145 (If @var{read} is non-@code{nil} and @var{default} is @code{nil}, empty |
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146 input results in an @code{end-of-file} error.) However, in the usual |
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147 case (where @var{read} is @code{nil}), @code{read-from-minibuffer} |
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148 ignores @var{default} when the user enters empty input and returns an |
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149 empty string, @code{""}. In this respect, it is different from all |
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150 the other minibuffer input functions in this chapter. |
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152 If @var{keymap} is non-@code{nil}, that keymap is the local keymap to | |
153 use in the minibuffer. If @var{keymap} is omitted or @code{nil}, the | |
154 value of @code{minibuffer-local-map} is used as the keymap. Specifying | |
155 a keymap is the most important way to customize the minibuffer for | |
156 various applications such as completion. | |
157 | |
158 The argument @var{hist} specifies which history list variable to use | |
159 for saving the input and for history commands used in the minibuffer. | |
160 It defaults to @code{minibuffer-history}. @xref{Minibuffer History}. | |
161 | |
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162 If the variable @code{minibuffer-allow-text-properties} is |
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163 non-@code{nil}, then the string which is returned includes whatever text |
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164 properties were present in the minibuffer. Otherwise all the text |
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168 minibuffer inherits the current input method (@pxref{Input Methods}) and |
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169 the setting of @code{enable-multibyte-characters} (@pxref{Text |
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175 for @var{hist}. @xref{Initial Input}. |
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177 | |
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178 @defun read-string prompt &optional initial history default inherit-input-method |
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180 arguments @var{prompt}, @var{initial}, @var{history} and |
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181 @var{inherit-input-method} are used as in @code{read-from-minibuffer}. |
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182 The keymap used is @code{minibuffer-local-map}. |
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184 The optional argument @var{default} is used as in |
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185 @code{read-from-minibuffer}, except that, if non-@code{nil}, it also |
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186 specifies a default value to return if the user enters null input. As |
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192 | |
193 @smallexample | |
194 @group | |
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200 (if (and (equal value "") @var{default}) |
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204 @end smallexample | |
205 @end defun | |
206 | |
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6555 | 220 This is the default local keymap for reading from the minibuffer. By |
221 default, it makes the following bindings: | |
222 | |
223 @table @asis | |
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226 | |
227 @item @key{RET} | |
228 @code{exit-minibuffer} | |
229 | |
230 @item @kbd{C-g} | |
231 @code{abort-recursive-edit} | |
232 | |
233 @item @kbd{M-n} | |
234 @code{next-history-element} | |
235 | |
236 @item @kbd{M-p} | |
237 @code{previous-history-element} | |
238 | |
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241 | |
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244 @end table | |
245 @end defvar | |
246 | |
247 @c In version 18, initial is required | |
248 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
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249 @defun read-no-blanks-input prompt &optional initial inherit-input-method |
6555 | 250 This function reads a string from the minibuffer, but does not allow |
251 whitespace characters as part of the input: instead, those characters | |
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255 This is a simplified interface to the @code{read-from-minibuffer} | |
256 function, and passes the value of the @code{minibuffer-local-ns-map} | |
257 keymap as the @var{keymap} argument for that function. Since the keymap | |
258 @code{minibuffer-local-ns-map} does not rebind @kbd{C-q}, it @emph{is} | |
259 possible to put a space into the string, by quoting it. | |
260 | |
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6555 | 264 @smallexample |
265 @group | |
266 (read-no-blanks-input @var{prompt} @var{initial}) | |
267 @equiv{} | |
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269 (read-from-minibuffer @var{prompt} @var{initial} minibuffer-local-ns-map)) |
6555 | 270 @end group |
271 @end smallexample | |
272 @end defun | |
273 | |
274 @defvar minibuffer-local-ns-map | |
275 This built-in variable is the keymap used as the minibuffer local keymap | |
276 in the function @code{read-no-blanks-input}. By default, it makes the | |
12098 | 277 following bindings, in addition to those of @code{minibuffer-local-map}: |
6555 | 278 |
279 @table @asis | |
280 @item @key{SPC} | |
281 @cindex @key{SPC} in minibuffer | |
282 @code{exit-minibuffer} | |
283 | |
284 @item @key{TAB} | |
285 @cindex @key{TAB} in minibuffer | |
286 @code{exit-minibuffer} | |
287 | |
288 @item @kbd{?} | |
289 @cindex @kbd{?} in minibuffer | |
290 @code{self-insert-and-exit} | |
291 @end table | |
292 @end defvar | |
293 | |
294 @node Object from Minibuffer | |
295 @section Reading Lisp Objects with the Minibuffer | |
296 | |
297 This section describes functions for reading Lisp objects with the | |
298 minibuffer. | |
299 | |
300 @defun read-minibuffer prompt &optional initial | |
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301 This function reads a Lisp object using the minibuffer, and returns it |
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6555 | 306 @code{read-from-minibuffer} function: |
307 | |
308 @smallexample | |
309 @group | |
310 (read-minibuffer @var{prompt} @var{initial}) | |
311 @equiv{} | |
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6555 | 314 @end group |
315 @end smallexample | |
316 | |
317 Here is an example in which we supply the string @code{"(testing)"} as | |
318 initial input: | |
319 | |
320 @smallexample | |
321 @group | |
322 (read-minibuffer | |
323 "Enter an expression: " (format "%s" '(testing))) | |
324 | |
325 ;; @r{Here is how the minibuffer is displayed:} | |
326 @end group | |
327 | |
328 @group | |
329 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
330 Enter an expression: (testing)@point{} | |
331 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
332 @end group | |
333 @end smallexample | |
334 | |
335 @noindent | |
336 The user can type @key{RET} immediately to use the initial input as a | |
337 default, or can edit the input. | |
338 @end defun | |
339 | |
340 @defun eval-minibuffer prompt &optional initial | |
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6555 | 346 @code{read-minibuffer}: |
347 | |
348 @smallexample | |
349 @group | |
350 (eval-minibuffer @var{prompt} @var{initial}) | |
351 @equiv{} | |
352 (eval (read-minibuffer @var{prompt} @var{initial})) | |
353 @end group | |
354 @end smallexample | |
355 @end defun | |
356 | |
357 @defun edit-and-eval-command prompt form | |
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358 This function reads a Lisp expression in the minibuffer, and then |
6555 | 359 evaluates it. The difference between this command and |
360 @code{eval-minibuffer} is that here the initial @var{form} is not | |
361 optional and it is treated as a Lisp object to be converted to printed | |
362 representation rather than as a string of text. It is printed with | |
363 @code{prin1}, so if it is a string, double-quote characters (@samp{"}) | |
364 appear in the initial text. @xref{Output Functions}. | |
365 | |
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6555 | 369 When the user exits the minibuffer, the edited text is read with |
370 @code{read} and then evaluated. The resulting value becomes the value | |
371 of @code{edit-and-eval-command}. | |
372 | |
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6555 | 374 text which is a valid form already: |
375 | |
376 @smallexample | |
377 @group | |
378 (edit-and-eval-command "Please edit: " '(forward-word 1)) | |
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382 @end group | |
383 | |
384 @group | |
385 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
386 Please edit: (forward-word 1)@point{} | |
387 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
388 @end group | |
389 @end smallexample | |
390 | |
391 @noindent | |
392 Typing @key{RET} right away would exit the minibuffer and evaluate the | |
393 expression, thus moving point forward one word. | |
394 @code{edit-and-eval-command} returns @code{nil} in this example. | |
395 @end defun | |
396 | |
397 @node Minibuffer History | |
398 @section Minibuffer History | |
399 @cindex minibuffer history | |
400 @cindex history list | |
401 | |
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409 list for each use of the minibuffer. | |
410 | |
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413 which is how you specify the history list. Here are the possible | |
414 values: | |
415 | |
416 @table @asis | |
417 @item @var{variable} | |
418 Use @var{variable} (a symbol) as the history list. | |
419 | |
420 @item (@var{variable} . @var{startpos}) | |
421 Use @var{variable} (a symbol) as the history list, and assume that the | |
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435 | |
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438 see below. You can also create your own history list variable; just | |
439 initialize it to @code{nil} before the first use. | |
440 | |
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6555 | 442 elements to the history list automatically, and provide commands to |
443 allow the user to reuse items on the list. The only thing your program | |
444 needs to do to use a history list is to initialize it and to pass its | |
445 name to the input functions when you wish. But it is safe to modify the | |
446 list by hand when the minibuffer input functions are not using it. | |
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6555 | 464 @defvar minibuffer-history |
465 The default history list for minibuffer history input. | |
466 @end defvar | |
467 | |
468 @defvar query-replace-history | |
469 A history list for arguments to @code{query-replace} (and similar | |
470 arguments to other commands). | |
471 @end defvar | |
472 | |
473 @defvar file-name-history | |
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6555 | 479 @end defvar |
480 | |
481 @defvar regexp-history | |
482 A history list for regular expression arguments. | |
483 @end defvar | |
484 | |
485 @defvar extended-command-history | |
486 A history list for arguments that are names of extended commands. | |
487 @end defvar | |
488 | |
489 @defvar shell-command-history | |
490 A history list for arguments that are shell commands. | |
491 @end defvar | |
492 | |
493 @defvar read-expression-history | |
494 A history list for arguments that are Lisp expressions to evaluate. | |
495 @end defvar | |
496 | |
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6555 | 536 @node Completion |
537 @section Completion | |
538 @cindex completion | |
539 | |
540 @dfn{Completion} is a feature that fills in the rest of a name | |
541 starting from an abbreviation for it. Completion works by comparing the | |
542 user's input against a list of valid names and determining how much of | |
543 the name is determined uniquely by what the user has typed. For | |
544 example, when you type @kbd{C-x b} (@code{switch-to-buffer}) and then | |
545 type the first few letters of the name of the buffer to which you wish | |
546 to switch, and then type @key{TAB} (@code{minibuffer-complete}), Emacs | |
547 extends the name as far as it can. | |
548 | |
549 Standard Emacs commands offer completion for names of symbols, files, | |
550 buffers, and processes; with the functions in this section, you can | |
551 implement completion for other kinds of names. | |
552 | |
553 The @code{try-completion} function is the basic primitive for | |
554 completion: it returns the longest determined completion of a given | |
555 initial string, with a given set of strings to match against. | |
556 | |
557 The function @code{completing-read} provides a higher-level interface | |
558 for completion. A call to @code{completing-read} specifies how to | |
559 determine the list of valid names. The function then activates the | |
560 minibuffer with a local keymap that binds a few keys to commands useful | |
561 for completion. Other functions provide convenient simple interfaces | |
562 for reading certain kinds of names with completion. | |
563 | |
564 @menu | |
565 * Basic Completion:: Low-level functions for completing strings. | |
566 (These are too low level to use the minibuffer.) | |
567 * Minibuffer Completion:: Invoking the minibuffer with completion. | |
568 * Completion Commands:: Minibuffer commands that do completion. | |
569 * High-Level Completion:: Convenient special cases of completion | |
570 (reading buffer name, file name, etc.) | |
571 * Reading File Names:: Using completion to read file names. | |
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6555 | 573 @end menu |
574 | |
575 @node Basic Completion | |
576 @subsection Basic Completion Functions | |
577 | |
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578 The functions @code{try-completion}, @code{all-completions} and |
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579 @code{test-completion} have nothing in themselves to do with |
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584 This function returns the longest common substring of all possible | |
585 completions of @var{string} in @var{collection}. The value of | |
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586 @var{collection} must be a list of strings, an alist, an obarray, a |
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587 hash table, or a function that implements a virtual set of strings |
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588 (see below). |
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590 Completion compares @var{string} against each of the permissible | |
591 completions specified by @var{collection}; if the beginning of the | |
592 permissible completion equals @var{string}, it matches. If no permissible | |
593 completions match, @code{try-completion} returns @code{nil}. If only | |
594 one permissible completion matches, and the match is exact, then | |
595 @code{try-completion} returns @code{t}. Otherwise, the value is the | |
596 longest initial sequence common to all the permissible completions that | |
597 match. | |
598 | |
599 If @var{collection} is an alist (@pxref{Association Lists}), the | |
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600 permissible completions are the elements of the alist that are either |
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601 strings or conses whose @sc{car} is a string. Other elements of the |
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602 alist are ignored. (Remember that in Emacs Lisp, the elements of |
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603 alists do not @emph{have} to be conses.) As all elements of the alist |
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605 though we usually do not think of such lists as alists. |
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607 @cindex obarray in completion | |
608 If @var{collection} is an obarray (@pxref{Creating Symbols}), the names | |
609 of all symbols in the obarray form the set of permissible completions. The | |
610 global variable @code{obarray} holds an obarray containing the names of | |
611 all interned Lisp symbols. | |
612 | |
613 Note that the only valid way to make a new obarray is to create it | |
614 empty and then add symbols to it one by one using @code{intern}. | |
615 Also, you cannot intern a given symbol in more than one obarray. | |
616 | |
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617 If @var{collection} is a hash table, then the keys that are strings |
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618 are the possible completions. Other keys are ignored. |
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623 function is called with three arguments: @var{string}, @var{predicate} | |
624 and @code{nil}. (The reason for the third argument is so that the same | |
625 function can be used in @code{all-completions} and do the appropriate | |
626 thing in either case.) @xref{Programmed Completion}. | |
627 | |
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630 which case it should be a function of two arguments. It is used to |
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634 which is a string) from the alist, or a symbol (@emph{not} a symbol |
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635 name) from the obarray. If @var{collection} is a hash table, |
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645 matched by three of the alist @sc{car}s. All of the matches begin with | |
646 the characters @samp{fooba}, so that is the result. In the second | |
647 example, there is only one possible match, and it is exact, so the value | |
648 is @code{t}. | |
649 | |
650 @smallexample | |
651 @group | |
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654 '(("foobar1" 1) ("barfoo" 2) ("foobaz" 3) ("foobar2" 4))) | |
655 @result{} "fooba" | |
656 @end group | |
657 | |
658 @group | |
659 (try-completion "foo" '(("barfoo" 2) ("foo" 3))) | |
660 @result{} t | |
661 @end group | |
662 @end smallexample | |
663 | |
664 In the following example, numerous symbols begin with the characters | |
665 @samp{forw}, and all of them begin with the word @samp{forward}. In | |
666 most of the symbols, this is followed with a @samp{-}, but not in all, | |
667 so no more than @samp{forward} can be completed. | |
668 | |
669 @smallexample | |
670 @group | |
671 (try-completion "forw" obarray) | |
672 @result{} "forward" | |
673 @end group | |
674 @end smallexample | |
675 | |
676 Finally, in the following example, only two of the three possible | |
677 matches pass the predicate @code{test} (the string @samp{foobaz} is | |
678 too short). Both of those begin with the string @samp{foobar}. | |
679 | |
680 @smallexample | |
681 @group | |
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684 @result{} test | |
685 @end group | |
686 @group | |
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692 @end group | |
693 @end smallexample | |
694 @end defun | |
695 | |
12067 | 696 @defun all-completions string collection &optional predicate nospace |
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704 are ignored. |
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706 If @var{collection} is a function, it is called with three arguments: | |
707 @var{string}, @var{predicate} and @code{t}; then @code{all-completions} | |
708 returns whatever the function returns. @xref{Programmed Completion}. | |
709 | |
710 Here is an example, using the function @code{test} shown in the | |
711 example for @code{try-completion}: | |
712 | |
713 @smallexample | |
714 @group | |
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717 @result{} test | |
718 @end group | |
719 | |
720 @group | |
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726 @end group | |
727 @end smallexample | |
728 @end defun | |
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734 @var{predicate}. The arguments are the same as in |
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742 If @var{predicate} is non-@code{nil} and if @var{collection} contains |
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758 | |
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771 proper value is done the first time you do completion using @var{var}. |
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786 @subsection Completion and the Minibuffer | |
787 | |
788 This section describes the basic interface for reading from the | |
789 minibuffer with completion. | |
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823 The argument @var{hist} specifies which history list variable to use for | |
824 saving the input and for minibuffer history commands. It defaults to | |
825 @code{minibuffer-history}. @xref{Minibuffer History}. | |
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839 matches, if the built-in variable @code{completion-ignore-case} is | |
840 non-@code{nil}. @xref{Basic Completion}. | |
841 | |
842 Here's an example of using @code{completing-read}: | |
843 | |
844 @smallexample | |
845 @group | |
846 (completing-read | |
847 "Complete a foo: " | |
848 '(("foobar1" 1) ("barfoo" 2) ("foobaz" 3) ("foobar2" 4)) | |
849 nil t "fo") | |
850 @end group | |
851 | |
852 @group | |
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6555 | 854 ;; @r{the following appears in the minibuffer:} |
855 | |
856 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
857 Complete a foo: fo@point{} | |
858 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
859 @end group | |
860 @end smallexample | |
861 | |
862 @noindent | |
863 If the user then types @kbd{@key{DEL} @key{DEL} b @key{RET}}, | |
864 @code{completing-read} returns @code{barfoo}. | |
865 | |
866 The @code{completing-read} function binds three variables to pass | |
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873 | |
874 @node Completion Commands | |
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885 @defvar minibuffer-local-completion-map | |
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886 @code{completing-read} uses this value as the local keymap when an |
6555 | 887 exact match of one of the completions is not required. By default, this |
888 keymap makes the following bindings: | |
889 | |
890 @table @asis | |
891 @item @kbd{?} | |
892 @code{minibuffer-completion-help} | |
893 | |
894 @item @key{SPC} | |
895 @code{minibuffer-complete-word} | |
896 | |
897 @item @key{TAB} | |
898 @code{minibuffer-complete} | |
899 @end table | |
900 | |
901 @noindent | |
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6555 | 904 @end defvar |
905 | |
906 @defvar minibuffer-local-must-match-map | |
907 @code{completing-read} uses this value as the local keymap when an | |
908 exact match of one of the completions is required. Therefore, no keys | |
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6555 | 910 minibuffer unconditionally. By default, this keymap makes the following |
911 bindings: | |
912 | |
913 @table @asis | |
914 @item @kbd{?} | |
915 @code{minibuffer-completion-help} | |
916 | |
917 @item @key{SPC} | |
918 @code{minibuffer-complete-word} | |
919 | |
920 @item @key{TAB} | |
921 @code{minibuffer-complete} | |
922 | |
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925 | |
926 @item @key{RET} | |
927 @code{minibuffer-complete-and-exit} | |
928 @end table | |
929 | |
930 @noindent | |
931 with other characters bound as in @code{minibuffer-local-map}. | |
932 @end defvar | |
933 | |
934 @defvar minibuffer-completion-table | |
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6555 | 937 @code{completing-read} passes to @code{try-completion}. It is used by |
938 minibuffer completion commands such as @code{minibuffer-complete-word}. | |
939 @end defvar | |
940 | |
941 @defvar minibuffer-completion-predicate | |
942 This variable's value is the predicate that @code{completing-read} | |
943 passes to @code{try-completion}. The variable is also used by the other | |
944 minibuffer completion functions. | |
945 @end defvar | |
946 | |
947 @deffn Command minibuffer-complete-word | |
948 This function completes the minibuffer contents by at most a single | |
949 word. Even if the minibuffer contents have only one completion, | |
950 @code{minibuffer-complete-word} does not add any characters beyond the | |
951 first character that is not a word constituent. @xref{Syntax Tables}. | |
952 @end deffn | |
953 | |
954 @deffn Command minibuffer-complete | |
955 This function completes the minibuffer contents as far as possible. | |
956 @end deffn | |
957 | |
958 @deffn Command minibuffer-complete-and-exit | |
959 This function completes the minibuffer contents, and exits if | |
960 confirmation is not required, i.e., if | |
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966 | |
967 @defvar minibuffer-completion-confirm | |
968 When the value of this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs asks for | |
969 confirmation of a completion before exiting the minibuffer. The | |
970 function @code{minibuffer-complete-and-exit} checks the value of this | |
971 variable before it exits. | |
972 @end defvar | |
973 | |
974 @deffn Command minibuffer-completion-help | |
975 This function creates a list of the possible completions of the | |
976 current minibuffer contents. It works by calling @code{all-completions} | |
977 using the value of the variable @code{minibuffer-completion-table} as | |
978 the @var{collection} argument, and the value of | |
979 @code{minibuffer-completion-predicate} as the @var{predicate} argument. | |
980 The list of completions is displayed as text in a buffer named | |
981 @samp{*Completions*}. | |
982 @end deffn | |
983 | |
984 @defun display-completion-list completions | |
985 This function displays @var{completions} to the stream in | |
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988 a list of completions just returned by @code{all-completions}, but it | |
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995 This function is called by @code{minibuffer-completion-help}. The | |
996 most common way to use it is together with | |
997 @code{with-output-to-temp-buffer}, like this: | |
998 | |
999 @example | |
1000 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*" | |
1001 (display-completion-list | |
1002 (all-completions (buffer-string) my-alist))) | |
1003 @end example | |
1004 @end defun | |
1005 | |
1006 @defopt completion-auto-help | |
1007 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, the completion commands | |
1008 automatically display a list of possible completions whenever nothing | |
1009 can be completed because the next character is not uniquely determined. | |
1010 @end defopt | |
1011 | |
1012 @node High-Level Completion | |
1013 @subsection High-Level Completion Functions | |
1014 | |
1015 This section describes the higher-level convenient functions for | |
1016 reading certain sorts of names with completion. | |
1017 | |
12098 | 1018 In most cases, you should not call these functions in the middle of a |
1019 Lisp function. When possible, do all minibuffer input as part of | |
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1024 This function reads the name of a buffer and returns it as a string. | |
1025 The argument @var{default} is the default name to use, the value to | |
1026 return if the user exits with an empty minibuffer. If non-@code{nil}, | |
1027 it should be a string or a buffer. It is mentioned in the prompt, but | |
1028 is not inserted in the minibuffer as initial input. | |
1029 | |
1030 If @var{existing} is non-@code{nil}, then the name specified must be | |
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1038 In the following example, the user enters @samp{minibuffer.t}, and | |
1039 then types @key{RET}. The argument @var{existing} is @code{t}, and the | |
1040 only buffer name starting with the given input is | |
1041 @samp{minibuffer.texi}, so that name is the value. | |
1042 | |
1043 @example | |
1044 (read-buffer "Buffer name? " "foo" t) | |
1045 @group | |
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1048 ;; @r{with an empty minibuffer:} | |
1049 @end group | |
1050 | |
1051 @group | |
1052 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1053 Buffer name? (default foo) @point{} | |
1054 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1055 @end group | |
1056 | |
1057 @group | |
1058 ;; @r{The user types @kbd{minibuffer.t @key{RET}}.} | |
1059 @result{} "minibuffer.texi" | |
1060 @end group | |
1061 @end example | |
1062 @end defun | |
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1073 symbol. The argument @var{prompt} is used as in | |
1074 @code{read-from-minibuffer}. Recall that a command is anything for | |
1075 which @code{commandp} returns @code{t}, and a command name is a symbol | |
1076 for which @code{commandp} returns @code{t}. @xref{Interactive Call}. | |
1077 | |
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1086 (read-command "Command name? ") | |
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1088 @group | |
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1093 @group | |
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1097 @end group | |
1098 @end example | |
1099 | |
1100 @noindent | |
1101 If the user types @kbd{forward-c @key{RET}}, then this function returns | |
1102 @code{forward-char}. | |
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6555 | 1107 @code{commandp} predicate so as to accept only command names: |
1108 | |
1109 @cindex @code{commandp} example | |
1110 @example | |
1111 @group | |
1112 (read-command @var{prompt}) | |
1113 @equiv{} | |
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1117 @end example | |
1118 @end defun | |
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6555 | 1122 This function reads the name of a user variable and returns it as a |
1123 symbol. | |
1124 | |
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6555 | 1131 @example |
1132 @group | |
1133 (read-variable "Variable name? ") | |
1134 | |
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6555 | 1137 ;; @r{with an empty minibuffer:} |
1138 @end group | |
1139 | |
1140 @group | |
1141 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1142 Variable name? @point{} | |
1143 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1144 @end group | |
1145 @end example | |
1146 | |
1147 @noindent | |
1148 If the user then types @kbd{fill-p @key{RET}}, @code{read-variable} | |
1149 returns @code{fill-prefix}. | |
1150 | |
1151 This function is similar to @code{read-command}, but uses the | |
1152 predicate @code{user-variable-p} instead of @code{commandp}: | |
1153 | |
1154 @cindex @code{user-variable-p} example | |
1155 @example | |
1156 @group | |
1157 (read-variable @var{prompt}) | |
1158 @equiv{} | |
1159 (intern | |
1160 (completing-read @var{prompt} obarray | |
1161 'user-variable-p t nil)) | |
1162 @end group | |
1163 @end example | |
1164 @end defun | |
1165 | |
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6555 | 1169 @node Reading File Names |
1170 @subsection Reading File Names | |
1171 | |
1172 Here is another high-level completion function, designed for reading a | |
1173 file name. It provides special features including automatic insertion | |
1174 of the default directory. | |
1175 | |
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1178 @var{prompt} and providing completion. |
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6555 | 1193 |
1194 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
52626 | 1195 If you specify @var{initial}, that is an initial file name to insert |
1196 in the buffer (after @var{directory}, if that is inserted). In this | |
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52626 | 1199 @var{initial} does, try the command @kbd{C-x C-v}. @strong{Please |
1200 note:} we recommend using @var{default} rather than @var{initial} in | |
1201 most cases. | |
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1212 completion if the user exits without any editing, and does not return |
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1214 commands. |
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1219 @code{nil}, but @var{initial} is non-@code{nil}, then the default is |
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1220 the absolute file name obtained from @var{directory} and |
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1221 @var{initial}. If both @var{default} and @var{initial} are @code{nil} |
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1223 absolute file name of that file as default. If the buffer is not |
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1224 visiting a file, then there is no default. In that case, if the user |
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1226 returns the pre-inserted contents of the minibuffer. |
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1228 If the user types @key{RET} in an empty minibuffer, this function |
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1229 returns an empty string, regardless of the value of @var{existing}. |
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1230 This is, for instance, how the user can make the current buffer visit |
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1231 no file using @code{M-x set-visited-file-name}. |
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1233 If @var{predicate} is non-@code{nil}, it specifies a function of one |
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1235 possibilities. A file name is an acceptable value if @var{predicate} |
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1236 returns non-@code{nil} for it. |
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1239 must call @code{expand-file-name} yourself if an absolute file name is |
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1240 required. |
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6555 | 1243 |
1244 @example | |
1245 @group | |
1246 (read-file-name "The file is ") | |
1247 | |
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6555 | 1249 ;; @r{the following appears in the minibuffer:} |
1250 @end group | |
1251 | |
1252 @group | |
1253 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1254 The file is /gp/gnu/elisp/@point{} | |
1255 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1256 @end group | |
1257 @end example | |
1258 | |
1259 @noindent | |
1260 Typing @kbd{manual @key{TAB}} results in the following: | |
1261 | |
1262 @example | |
1263 @group | |
1264 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1265 The file is /gp/gnu/elisp/manual.texi@point{} | |
1266 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1267 @end group | |
1268 @end example | |
1269 | |
1270 @c Wordy to avoid overfull hbox in smallbook mode. | |
1271 @noindent | |
1272 If the user types @key{RET}, @code{read-file-name} returns the file name | |
1273 as the string @code{"/gp/gnu/elisp/manual.texi"}. | |
1274 @end defun | |
1275 | |
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1281 @code{read-directory-name} constructs a substitute default by |
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1293 @xref{Interactive Codes,, Code Characters for interactive}.) Its |
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6555 | 1308 |
1309 For example: | |
1310 | |
1311 @example | |
1312 @group | |
1313 ;; @r{Here the minibuffer starts out with the default directory.} | |
1314 (let ((insert-default-directory t)) | |
1315 (read-file-name "The file is ")) | |
1316 @end group | |
1317 | |
1318 @group | |
1319 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1320 The file is ~lewis/manual/@point{} | |
1321 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1322 @end group | |
1323 | |
1324 @group | |
1325 ;; @r{Here the minibuffer is empty and only the prompt} | |
1326 ;; @r{appears on its line.} | |
1327 (let ((insert-default-directory nil)) | |
1328 (read-file-name "The file is ")) | |
1329 @end group | |
1330 | |
1331 @group | |
1332 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1333 The file is @point{} | |
1334 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- | |
1335 @end group | |
1336 @end example | |
1337 @end defopt | |
1338 | |
1339 @node Programmed Completion | |
1340 @subsection Programmed Completion | |
1341 @cindex programmed completion | |
1342 | |
1343 Sometimes it is not possible to create an alist or an obarray | |
1344 containing all the intended possible completions. In such a case, you | |
1345 can supply your own function to compute the completion of a given string. | |
1346 This is called @dfn{programmed completion}. | |
1347 | |
1348 To use this feature, pass a symbol with a function definition as the | |
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1354 The completion function should accept three arguments: | |
1355 | |
1356 @itemize @bullet | |
1357 @item | |
1358 The string to be completed. | |
1359 | |
1360 @item | |
1361 The predicate function to filter possible matches, or @code{nil} if | |
1362 none. Your function should call the predicate for each possible match, | |
1363 and ignore the possible match if the predicate returns @code{nil}. | |
1364 | |
1365 @item | |
1366 A flag specifying the type of operation. | |
1367 @end itemize | |
1368 | |
1369 There are three flag values for three operations: | |
1370 | |
1371 @itemize @bullet | |
1372 @item | |
1373 @code{nil} specifies @code{try-completion}. The completion function | |
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1382 @item | |
1383 @code{t} specifies @code{all-completions}. The completion function | |
1384 should return a list of all possible completions of the specified | |
1385 string. | |
1386 | |
1387 @item | |
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6555 | 1389 function should return @code{t} if the specified string is an exact |
1390 match for some possibility; @code{nil} otherwise. | |
1391 @end itemize | |
1392 | |
1393 It would be consistent and clean for completion functions to allow | |
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1401 Emacs uses programmed completion when completing file names. | |
1402 @xref{File Name Completion}. | |
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6555 | 1413 @node Yes-or-No Queries |
1414 @section Yes-or-No Queries | |
1415 @cindex asking the user questions | |
1416 @cindex querying the user | |
1417 @cindex yes-or-no questions | |
1418 | |
1419 This section describes functions used to ask the user a yes-or-no | |
1420 question. The function @code{y-or-n-p} can be answered with a single | |
1421 character; it is useful for questions where an inadvertent wrong answer | |
1422 will not have serious consequences. @code{yes-or-no-p} is suitable for | |
1423 more momentous questions, since it requires three or four characters to | |
1424 answer. | |
1425 | |
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1435 @code{y-or-n-p} does not; but it seems best to describe them together. | |
1436 | |
1437 @defun y-or-n-p prompt | |
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6555 | 1439 area. It returns @code{t} if the user types @kbd{y}, @code{nil} if the |
1440 user types @kbd{n}. This function also accepts @key{SPC} to mean yes | |
1441 and @key{DEL} to mean no. It accepts @kbd{C-]} to mean ``quit'', like | |
1442 @kbd{C-g}, because the question might look like a minibuffer and for | |
1443 that reason the user might try to use @kbd{C-]} to get out. The answer | |
1444 is a single character, with no @key{RET} needed to terminate it. Upper | |
1445 and lower case are equivalent. | |
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1449 the expected answers (@kbd{y}, @kbd{n}, @kbd{@key{SPC}}, | |
1450 @kbd{@key{DEL}}, or something that quits), the function responds | |
1451 @samp{Please answer y or n.}, and repeats the request. | |
1452 | |
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1455 Echo Area}), which uses the same screen space as the minibuffer. The | |
1456 cursor moves to the echo area while the question is being asked. | |
1457 | |
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6555 | 1459 hardwired. The keymap @code{query-replace-map} specifies them. |
1460 @xref{Search and Replace}. | |
1461 | |
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1464 | |
1465 @smallexample | |
1466 @group | |
1467 (y-or-n-p "Do you need a lift? ") | |
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6555 | 1470 ;; @r{the following prompt appears in the echo area:} |
1471 @end group | |
1472 | |
1473 @group | |
1474 ---------- Echo area ---------- | |
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6555 | 1476 ---------- Echo area ---------- |
1477 @end group | |
1478 | |
1479 ;; @r{If the user then types @kbd{q}, the following appears:} | |
1480 | |
1481 @group | |
1482 ---------- Echo area ---------- | |
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6555 | 1484 ---------- Echo area ---------- |
1485 @end group | |
1486 | |
1487 ;; @r{When the user types a valid answer,} | |
1488 ;; @r{it is displayed after the question:} | |
1489 | |
1490 @group | |
1491 ---------- Echo area ---------- | |
1492 Do you need a lift? (y or n) y | |
1493 ---------- Echo area ---------- | |
1494 @end group | |
1495 @end smallexample | |
1496 | |
1497 @noindent | |
1498 We show successive lines of echo area messages, but only one actually | |
1499 appears on the screen at a time. | |
1500 @end defun | |
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6555 | 1516 followed by @w{@samp{(yes or no) }}. The user must type one of the |
1517 expected responses; otherwise, the function responds @samp{Please answer | |
1518 yes or no.}, waits about two seconds and repeats the request. | |
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6555 | 1521 @code{y-or-n-p} and is appropriate for more crucial decisions. |
1522 | |
1523 Here is an example: | |
1524 | |
1525 @smallexample | |
1526 @group | |
1527 (yes-or-no-p "Do you really want to remove everything? ") | |
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1532 @end group | |
1533 | |
1534 @group | |
1535 ---------- Buffer: minibuffer ---------- | |
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6555 | 1537 ---------- Buffer: minibuffer ---------- |
1538 @end group | |
1539 @end smallexample | |
1540 | |
1541 @noindent | |
1542 If the user first types @kbd{y @key{RET}}, which is invalid because this | |
1543 function demands the entire word @samp{yes}, it responds by displaying | |
1544 these prompts, with a brief pause between them: | |
1545 | |
1546 @smallexample | |
1547 @group | |
1548 ---------- Buffer: minibuffer ---------- | |
1549 Please answer yes or no. | |
1550 Do you really want to remove everything? (yes or no) | |
1551 ---------- Buffer: minibuffer ---------- | |
1552 @end group | |
1553 @end smallexample | |
1554 @end defun | |
1555 | |
1556 @node Multiple Queries | |
1557 @section Asking Multiple Y-or-N Questions | |
1558 | |
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1566 @defun map-y-or-n-p prompter actor list &optional help action-alist no-cursor-in-echo-area |
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1567 This function asks the user a series of questions, reading a |
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1568 single-character answer in the echo area for each one. |
6555 | 1569 |
1570 The value of @var{list} specifies the objects to ask questions about. | |
1571 It should be either a list of objects or a generator function. If it is | |
1572 a function, it should expect no arguments, and should return either the | |
1573 next object to ask about, or @code{nil} meaning stop asking questions. | |
1574 | |
1575 The argument @var{prompter} specifies how to ask each question. If | |
1576 @var{prompter} is a string, the question text is computed like this: | |
1577 | |
1578 @example | |
1579 (format @var{prompter} @var{object}) | |
1580 @end example | |
1581 | |
1582 @noindent | |
1583 where @var{object} is the next object to ask about (as obtained from | |
1584 @var{list}). | |
1585 | |
1586 If not a string, @var{prompter} should be a function of one argument | |
12226 | 1587 (the next object to ask about) and should return the question text. If |
1588 the value is a string, that is the question to ask the user. The | |
1589 function can also return @code{t} meaning do act on this object (and | |
1590 don't ask the user), or @code{nil} meaning ignore this object (and don't | |
1591 ask the user). | |
6555 | 1592 |
1593 The argument @var{actor} says how to act on the answers that the user | |
1594 gives. It should be a function of one argument, and it is called with | |
1595 each object that the user says yes for. Its argument is always an | |
1596 object obtained from @var{list}. | |
1597 | |
1598 If the argument @var{help} is given, it should be a list of this form: | |
1599 | |
1600 @example | |
1601 (@var{singular} @var{plural} @var{action}) | |
1602 @end example | |
1603 | |
1604 @noindent | |
1605 where @var{singular} is a string containing a singular noun that | |
1606 describes the objects conceptually being acted on, @var{plural} is the | |
1607 corresponding plural noun, and @var{action} is a transitive verb | |
1608 describing what @var{actor} does. | |
1609 | |
1610 If you don't specify @var{help}, the default is @code{("object" | |
1611 "objects" "act on")}. | |
1612 | |
1613 Each time a question is asked, the user may enter @kbd{y}, @kbd{Y}, or | |
1614 @key{SPC} to act on that object; @kbd{n}, @kbd{N}, or @key{DEL} to skip | |
1615 that object; @kbd{!} to act on all following objects; @key{ESC} or | |
1616 @kbd{q} to exit (skip all following objects); @kbd{.} (period) to act on | |
1617 the current object and then exit; or @kbd{C-h} to get help. These are | |
1618 the same answers that @code{query-replace} accepts. The keymap | |
1619 @code{query-replace-map} defines their meaning for @code{map-y-or-n-p} | |
1620 as well as for @code{query-replace}; see @ref{Search and Replace}. | |
1621 | |
1622 You can use @var{action-alist} to specify additional possible answers | |
1623 and what they mean. It is an alist of elements of the form | |
1624 @code{(@var{char} @var{function} @var{help})}, each of which defines one | |
1625 additional answer. In this element, @var{char} is a character (the | |
1626 answer); @var{function} is a function of one argument (an object from | |
1627 @var{list}); @var{help} is a string. | |
1628 | |
1629 When the user responds with @var{char}, @code{map-y-or-n-p} calls | |
1630 @var{function}. If it returns non-@code{nil}, the object is considered | |
1631 ``acted upon'', and @code{map-y-or-n-p} advances to the next object in | |
1632 @var{list}. If it returns @code{nil}, the prompt is repeated for the | |
1633 same object. | |
1634 | |
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1635 Normally, @code{map-y-or-n-p} binds @code{cursor-in-echo-area} while |
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1636 prompting. But if @var{no-cursor-in-echo-area} is non-@code{nil}, it |
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1639 If @code{map-y-or-n-p} is called in a command that was invoked using the |
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1640 mouse---more precisely, if @code{last-nonmenu-event} (@pxref{Command |
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1641 Loop Info}) is either @code{nil} or a list---then it uses a dialog box |
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1643 keyboard input or the echo area. You can force use of the mouse or use |
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1644 of keyboard input by binding @code{last-nonmenu-event} to a suitable |
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1645 value around the call. |
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6555 | 1647 The return value of @code{map-y-or-n-p} is the number of objects acted on. |
1648 @end defun | |
1649 | |
23147 | 1650 @node Reading a Password |
1651 @section Reading a Password | |
1652 @cindex passwords, reading | |
1653 | |
1654 To read a password to pass to another program, you can use the | |
1655 function @code{read-passwd}. | |
1656 | |
1657 @defun read-passwd prompt &optional confirm default | |
1658 This function reads a password, prompting with @var{prompt}. It does | |
1659 not echo the password as the user types it; instead, it echoes @samp{.} | |
1660 for each character in the password. | |
1661 | |
1662 The optional argument @var{confirm}, if non-@code{nil}, says to read the | |
1663 password twice and insist it must be the same both times. If it isn't | |
1664 the same, the user has to type it over and over until the last two | |
1665 times match. | |
1666 | |
1667 The optional argument @var{default} specifies the default password to | |
1668 return if the user enters empty input. If @var{default} is @code{nil}, | |
1669 then @code{read-passwd} returns the null string in that case. | |
1670 @end defun | |
1671 | |
6555 | 1672 @node Minibuffer Misc |
1673 @section Minibuffer Miscellany | |
1674 | |
1675 This section describes some basic functions and variables related to | |
1676 minibuffers. | |
1677 | |
1678 @deffn Command exit-minibuffer | |
1679 This command exits the active minibuffer. It is normally bound to | |
1680 keys in minibuffer local keymaps. | |
1681 @end deffn | |
1682 | |
1683 @deffn Command self-insert-and-exit | |
1684 This command exits the active minibuffer after inserting the last | |
1685 character typed on the keyboard (found in @code{last-command-char}; | |
1686 @pxref{Command Loop Info}). | |
1687 @end deffn | |
1688 | |
1689 @deffn Command previous-history-element n | |
1690 This command replaces the minibuffer contents with the value of the | |
1691 @var{n}th previous (older) history element. | |
1692 @end deffn | |
1693 | |
1694 @deffn Command next-history-element n | |
1695 This command replaces the minibuffer contents with the value of the | |
1696 @var{n}th more recent history element. | |
1697 @end deffn | |
1698 | |
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1699 @deffn Command previous-matching-history-element pattern n |
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1701 @var{n}th previous (older) history element that matches @var{pattern} (a |
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1702 regular expression). |
6555 | 1703 @end deffn |
1704 | |
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1706 This command replaces the minibuffer contents with the value of the |
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1707 @var{n}th next (newer) history element that matches @var{pattern} (a |
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1708 regular expression). |
6555 | 1709 @end deffn |
1710 | |
12098 | 1711 @defun minibuffer-prompt |
1712 This function returns the prompt string of the currently active | |
1713 minibuffer. If no minibuffer is active, it returns @code{nil}. | |
1714 @end defun | |
1715 | |
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1716 @defun minibuffer-prompt-end |
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1717 @tindex minibuffer-prompt-end |
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1718 This function, available starting in Emacs 21, returns the current |
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1719 position of the end of the minibuffer prompt, if a minibuffer is |
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1720 current. Otherwise, it returns the minimum valid buffer position. |
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1721 @end defun |
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1723 @defun minibuffer-contents |
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1724 @tindex minibuffer-contents |
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1725 This function, available starting in Emacs 21, returns the editable |
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1726 contents of the minibuffer (that is, everything except the prompt) as |
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1727 a string, if a minibuffer is current. Otherwise, it returns the |
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1728 entire contents of the current buffer. |
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1729 @end defun |
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1731 @defun minibuffer-contents-no-properties |
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1732 @tindex minibuffer-contents-no-properties |
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1733 This is like @code{minibuffer-contents}, except that it does not copy text |
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1734 properties, just the characters themselves. @xref{Text Properties}. |
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1735 @end defun |
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1737 @defun delete-minibuffer-contents |
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1738 @tindex delete-minibuffer-contents |
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1739 This function, available starting in Emacs 21, erases the editable |
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1740 contents of the minibuffer (that is, everything except the prompt), if |
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1741 a minibuffer is current. Otherwise, it erases the entire buffer. |
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1742 @end defun |
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44275 | 1744 @defun minibuffer-prompt-width |
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1745 This function returns the current display-width of the minibuffer |
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1746 prompt, if a minibuffer is current. Otherwise, it returns zero. |
12098 | 1747 @end defun |
1748 | |
6555 | 1749 @defvar minibuffer-setup-hook |
1750 This is a normal hook that is run whenever the minibuffer is entered. | |
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1751 @xref{Hooks}. |
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1752 @end defvar |
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1754 @defvar minibuffer-exit-hook |
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1756 @xref{Hooks}. |
6555 | 1757 @end defvar |
1758 | |
1759 @defvar minibuffer-help-form | |
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1760 @anchor{Definition of minibuffer-help-form} |
6555 | 1761 The current value of this variable is used to rebind @code{help-form} |
1762 locally inside the minibuffer (@pxref{Help Functions}). | |
1763 @end defvar | |
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1765 @defun minibufferp &optional buffer-or-name |
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1766 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{buffer-or-name} is a |
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1767 minibuffer. If @var{buffer-or-name} is omitted, it tests the current |
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1768 buffer. |
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12067 | 1771 @defun active-minibuffer-window |
1772 This function returns the currently active minibuffer window, or | |
1773 @code{nil} if none is currently active. | |
1774 @end defun | |
1775 | |
6555 | 1776 @defun minibuffer-window &optional frame |
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1777 @anchor{Definition of minibuffer-window} |
12067 | 1778 This function returns the minibuffer window used for frame @var{frame}. |
1779 If @var{frame} is @code{nil}, that stands for the current frame. Note | |
1780 that the minibuffer window used by a frame need not be part of that | |
1781 frame---a frame that has no minibuffer of its own necessarily uses some | |
1782 other frame's minibuffer window. | |
6555 | 1783 @end defun |
1784 | |
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1785 @defun set-minibuffer-window window |
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1786 This function specifies @var{window} as the minibuffer window to use. |
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1787 This affects where the minibuffer is displayed if you put text in it |
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1788 without invoking the usual minibuffer commands. It has no effect on |
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1789 the usual minibuffer input functions because they all start by |
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1790 choosing the minibuffer window according to the current frame. |
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1791 @end defun |
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1794 @defun window-minibuffer-p &optional window |
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1795 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{window} is a minibuffer |
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1796 window. |
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6555 | 1798 @end defun |
1799 | |
1800 It is not correct to determine whether a given window is a minibuffer by | |
1801 comparing it with the result of @code{(minibuffer-window)}, because | |
1802 there can be more than one minibuffer window if there is more than one | |
1803 frame. | |
1804 | |
1805 @defun minibuffer-window-active-p window | |
1806 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{window}, assumed to be | |
1807 a minibuffer window, is currently active. | |
1808 @end defun | |
1809 | |
1810 @defvar minibuffer-scroll-window | |
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1811 @anchor{Definition of minibuffer-scroll-window} |
6555 | 1812 If the value of this variable is non-@code{nil}, it should be a window |
1813 object. When the function @code{scroll-other-window} is called in the | |
1814 minibuffer, it scrolls this window. | |
1815 @end defvar | |
1816 | |
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1824 (@pxref{Recursive Editing}): | |
1825 | |
1826 @defun minibuffer-depth | |
1827 This function returns the current depth of activations of the | |
1828 minibuffer, a nonnegative integer. If no minibuffers are active, it | |
1829 returns zero. | |
1830 @end defun | |
1831 | |
1832 @defopt enable-recursive-minibuffers | |
1833 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, you can invoke commands (such as | |
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1834 @code{find-file}) that use minibuffers even while the minibuffer window |
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6555 | 1836 minibuffer. The outer-level minibuffer is invisible while you are |
1837 editing the inner one. | |
1838 | |
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1843 | |
1844 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
1845 If a command name has a property @code{enable-recursive-minibuffers} | |
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1847 arguments even if it is invoked from the minibuffer. A command can |
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1850 The minibuffer command @code{next-matching-history-element} (normally |
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1853 @defun minibuffer-message string |
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1859 @ignore | |
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1861 @end ignore |