Emacs: Minibuffer

What is Minibuffer

Minibuffer is the area at the bottom where emacs prompt you for some answers. e.g. file name, command name, etc.

Minibuffer Keys

The following are standard keys while in minibuffer.

【C-j】

minibuffer-complete-and-exit

【RET】

exit-minibuffer

【C-g】

abort-recursive-edit

【<up>】

previous-history-element

【<down>】

next-history-element

【M-p】

previous-history-element

【M-n】

next-history-element

【M-s】

next-matching-history-element

【M-r】

previous-matching-history-element

minibuffer with icomplete-vertical-mode

minibuffer can be configured to display choices vertically.