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elisp: Minibuffer Contents

 
 19.12 Minibuffer Contents
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 These functions access the minibuffer prompt and contents.
 
  -- Function: minibuffer-prompt
      This function returns the prompt string of the currently active
      minibuffer.  If no minibuffer is active, it returns ‘nil’.
 
  -- Function: minibuffer-prompt-end
      This function returns the current position of the end of the
      minibuffer prompt, if a minibuffer is current.  Otherwise, it
      returns the minimum valid buffer position.
 
  -- Function: minibuffer-prompt-width
      This function returns the current display-width of the minibuffer
      prompt, if a minibuffer is current.  Otherwise, it returns zero.
 
  -- Function: minibuffer-contents
      This function returns the editable contents of the minibuffer (that
      is, everything except the prompt) as a string, if a minibuffer is
      current.  Otherwise, it returns the entire contents of the current
      buffer.
 
  -- Function: minibuffer-contents-no-properties
      This is like ‘minibuffer-contents’, except that it does not copy
      text properties, just the characters themselves.  Text
      Properties.
 
  -- Command: delete-minibuffer-contents
      This command erases the editable contents of the minibuffer (that
      is, everything except the prompt), if a minibuffer is current.
      Otherwise, it erases the entire current buffer.
 

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