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The minibuffer is a part of Emacs used to read in complex commands or arguments.

The minibuffer is where Emacs commands read complicated arguments, such as file names, buffer names, Emacs command names, or Lisp expressions. It's called the "minibuffer" because it's a special-purpose buffer with a small amount of screen space. It is still an Emacs buffer, a first-class object, but it is a specialized one.

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In Emacs, how do I display a message in the minibuffer with font face properties?

I want to display a colored string of text in the minibuffer, but when I use the 'message' function, the text-properties of are stripped.
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How can I prevent the mini-buffer from displaying previous commands in Emacs?

I am not even sure this is a previous command or a non-finished command or whatever, but I do know I really don't like it. My problem is that some commands (or messages, or whatever) get stuck in the mini-buffer so that when I type a new command it…
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Altering the font size for the Emacs minibuffer separately from default emacs?

I've been attempting to alter the font / face for the emacs minibuffer separately from emacs default fonts, but without much luck. Specifically, I'm interested in making the minibuffer font size larger for use with the emacs MULE as, with my current…
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How to show all of minibuffer commands history in Emacs?

I see I can go back history of command by using "M-p" in minibuffer. But I want to see all of command I used in minibuffer. Thanks.
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In Emacs, how do I select the completion list with the keyboard?

When I tab-complete in a minibuffer and Emacs displays a completion list in a new buffer, how do I switch to that buffer without using the mouse? I tried C-x o, but that just switched to the first buffer, out of which I entered the minibuffer. I…
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Emacs: Disable line truncation in minibuffer only

I am using ido mode for file & buffer switching in Emacs 23. The following options allow the minibuffer to be resized if there is more than one line worth of files in the directory: (setq resize-mini-windows t) ; grow and shrink as necessary (setq…
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Any way to silence Emacs keyboard shortcut advice?

Emacs sometimes can be rather annoying, it emits too much information in minibuffer. For instance, when I run M-x gnus, it tells me that You can run `gnus' with It also occurs when there is a keymap for certain command. I…
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Emacs minibuffer completion

I have a function that launches programs asynchronously: (defun app (app-name) (interactive "sRun application: ") (async-shell-command app-name)) And i have a list of all executables from which to choose. I want the app function to behave as…
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Inserting Text into an Active Minibuffer

I'm trying to insert text into the mini buffer after running an external command. E.G (call-interactively 'eval-expression) (insert "blah") The problem of course is that eval-expression doesn't return before the user has entered input. My end goal…
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Emacs text gets stuck in minibuffer

I am using GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (edit: also seen with 24.5.1). Some old output from vc-mode (I think) is appearing in the minibuffer: Auto-merging foo/bar I am not doing any version control operations at the moment, but this text is stuck in the…
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emacs: Can't Kill Minibuffer

I am fairly new to emacs, and I'm having a problem with the minibuffer remaining active when I don't think it should be. I have the following mapping for 'other-window: (global-set-key (kbd "M-s M-s") 'other-window) I know that this will cycle…
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How to have a different buffer list for each tabs in Vim?

Is it possible to kind of "attach" a list of buffers to particular tabs within Vim? I am currently using MiniBufferExplorer, which shows all buffers in nice tabs. It can be combined using standard vim tabs but the plugin's buffer list contains all…
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Display line of matching bracket in the minibuffer

When I type a close bracket in emacs, the minibuffer shows the line that contains the matching open bracket. Is there a way to display the matching line of a bracket, parenthesis etc in the minibuffer without deleting the bracket and retyping it?
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Is it possible to separate minibuffer and echo area in Emacs?

I'm curious, whether it is possible to separate echo area and minibuffer, so two different places (lines, panes, frames) are used for output of messages and input of commands. As it is said in Hide Emacs echo area during inactivity , it is…
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Emacs: Keybinding to TAB breaks autocompletion in minibuffer

Simply put, I just set a keybinding on the TAB key, but now when I push TAB in the minibuffer to auto-complete a command, it fails with the following message: The mark is not set now, so there is no region. In other words, I only need my TAB…
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