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changeset 52485:7fc901c75a7d
(Intro to Minibuffers): Explain that the minibuffer
changes variables that record input events.
(Minibuffer Misc): Add minibuffer-selected-window.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:06:43 +0000 |
| parents | c2a16cb1821e |
| children | c784ff21a464 |
| files | lispref/minibuf.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/minibuf.texi Fri Sep 12 01:03:37 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi Fri Sep 12 01:06:43 2003 +0000 @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ just a minibuffer, you can change the minibuffer's size by changing the frame's size. + Use of the minibuffer reads input events, and that alters the values +of variables such as @code{this-command} and @code{last-command} +(@pxref{Command Loop Info}). Your program should bind them around the +code that uses the minibuffer, if you do not want that to change them. + If a command uses a minibuffer while there is an active minibuffer, this is called a @dfn{recursive minibuffer}. The first minibuffer is named @w{@samp{ *Minibuf-0*}}. Recursive minibuffers are named by @@ -1660,6 +1665,12 @@ minibuffer, it scrolls this window. @end defvar +@defun minibuffer-selected-window +This function returns the window which was selected when the +minibuffer was entered. If selected window is not a minibuffer +window, it returns @code{nil}. +@end defun + Finally, some functions and variables deal with recursive minibuffers (@pxref{Recursive Editing}):