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user12345613
user12345613

Reputation: 833

How to view multi line output in emacs?

I'm using GNU Emacs 22.2.1. I usually use a different editor, but am learning lisp so I thought there was no better editor to use than emacs. My program outputs several lines of text but I can only ever see the last line because the output area is only one line tall.

I've googled around and wasted about 30 minutes so I figured I would ask. So far I have tried C-x ^

in the mini buffer, which increases it by one line -- and then shrinks to one when I go back to my main buffer.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 537

Answers (2)

Stefan
Stefan

Reputation: 28521

If you're playing with Elisp and want to see their output in a full buffer, you may like M-x ielm.

Upvotes: 1

event_jr
event_jr

Reputation: 17707

What is "my program", is it a Emacs-Lisp defun?

Assuming it is, you must be calling message multiple times? The minibuffer is only for transient output. So you can either concatenate all your output strings and call message once at the end or create a temporary buffer to present the output.

There is also the "Messages" buffer, which contains a log of minibuffer outputs. C-x b "*Messages*"

Upvotes: 5

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