emacs - Read from the minibufferr.txt

Use [TODO: Code shorthand span ] to get input from the minibuffer. You don't need to initialize it separately. When calling it, a 'prompt' is required that will show up in front of the text insert area. For example :

elisp

(princ (read-from-minibuffer "Search: "))

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That will launch the minibuffer with a "Search : " prompt and return the text that's typed into it.

I haven't figured out how to read one character at a time like this. The "completion" stuff provides some ways to do that though.