Function: minibuffer-inactive-mode

minibuffer-inactive-mode is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in minibuffer.el.gz.

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(minibuffer-inactive-mode)

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Major mode to use in the minibuffer when it is not active.

This is only used when the minibuffer area has no active minibuffer.

Note that the minibuffer may change to this mode more often than you might expect. For instance, typing \M-x may change the buffer to this mode, then to a different mode, and then back again to this mode upon exit. Code running from minibuffer-inactive-mode-hook has to be prepared to run multiple times per minibuffer invocation. Also see minibuffer-exit-hook.

- negative-argument
<down-mouse-1> ignore
<mouse-1> view-echo-area-messages
SPC..~ undefined
b switch-to-buffer-other-frame
i info
m mail
n make-frame
o..\x3FFFFF digit-argument
o..\x3FFFFF find-file-other-frame

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 24.1.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/minibuffer.el.gz
(define-derived-mode minibuffer-inactive-mode nil "InactiveMinibuffer"
  ;; Note: this major mode is called from minibuf.c.
  "Major mode to use in the minibuffer when it is not active.
This is only used when the minibuffer area has no active minibuffer.

Note that the minibuffer may change to this mode more often than
you might expect.  For instance, typing \\`M-x' may change the
buffer to this mode, then to a different mode, and then back
again to this mode upon exit.  Code running from
`minibuffer-inactive-mode-hook' has to be prepared to run
multiple times per minibuffer invocation.  Also see
`minibuffer-exit-hook'.")