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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2003-09-12 01:06:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2003-09-12 01:06:43 +0000 |
| commit | f460db362df4c519621494e950d47a5b76fa884d (patch) | |
| tree | b25e6171cc839f2cbf403b8be4fe4e079ba3cb76 /lispref/minibuf.texi | |
| parent | 84c3f2480e5bb644f10616b4eb402adc4833c8c1 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-f460db362df4c519621494e950d47a5b76fa884d.tar.gz | |
(Intro to Minibuffers): Explain that the minibuffer
changes variables that record input events.
(Minibuffer Misc): Add minibuffer-selected-window.
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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/minibuf.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/minibuf.texi b/lispref/minibuf.texi index 44161c0178d..0e455a446e7 100644 --- a/lispref/minibuf.texi +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ other window, when the minibuffer is not active. If the frame contains 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 @@ object. When the function @code{scroll-other-window} is called in the 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}): |