Variable: enable-recursive-minibuffers

enable-recursive-minibuffers is a customizable variable defined in minibuf.c.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means to allow minibuffer commands while in the minibuffer.

This variable makes a difference whenever the minibuffer window is active. Also see minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode(var)/minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode(fun), which may be handy if this variable is non-nil.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 16.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/minibuf.c
  DEFVAR_BOOL ("enable-recursive-minibuffers", enable_recursive_minibuffers,
	       doc: /* Non-nil means to allow minibuffer commands while in the minibuffer.
This variable makes a difference whenever the minibuffer window is active.
Also see `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode', which may be handy if this
variable is non-nil. */);