RE: how to capture output too long to fit

[Drew Adams]

> >> When I do M-: (frame-parameters) RET, the value appears in the
> >> minibuffer, but it is too long to fit there and ends with ...  How
> >> could I see the whole thing?
> >
> > Try M-: (pp (frame-parameters))
> 
> Thanks Martin, 
> 
> This is the only one that works, all the other approaches have ... at
> the end.  
> 
> Another question: the output in the minibuffer disappears when I click
> on it and try to scroll.  How can I prevent that?  Is it possible to
> evaluate into a new, permanent buffer?

If you use Icicles, plain `M-: (frame-parameters)' does what you want.
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles