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Re: dynamic prompt


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: dynamic prompt
Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 21:50:50 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux)

> I'd like to have a prompt that shows the number of characters entered
> in the response

> Prompt (3): bla
> Prompt (7): bla bla

> Is that in any way possible?

Of course: the prompt is normal text present in the (mini)buffer, which
itself is a perfectly normal buffer (tho displayed in a special
(mini)window) and you can edit it like any other buffer text.


        Stefan


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