Hi Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Hmm, i have tested your suggestion with the following very short code: (defun my-pre-command-hook () (message "This-command: %s, last-command: %s" this-command last-command)) (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'my-pre-command-hook) Then i do: 1. [C-h i] to get an info buffer and then 2. [q] which quits the info-buffer. Then i get the following output: This-command: info, last-command: eval-last-sexp Loading info... Loading info...done Composing main Info directory... [...] Composing main Info directory...done This-command: Info-exit, last-command: info This is what i want and need - i get `info' as value of `this-command' in the `pre-command-hook' - Well! But when i do M-x info RET i get: This-command: execute-extended-command, last-command: eval-last-sexp This-command: self-insert-command, last-command: t This-command: self-insert-command, last-command: self-insert-command This-command: self-insert-command, last-command: self-insert-command This-command: self-insert-command, last-command: self-insert-command This-command: minibuffer-complete-and-exit, last-command: self-insert-command This-command: Info-exit, last-command: info You see that i get never the name of the command `info' in the pre-command-hook, neither as value of `this-command' (annoying) or as value of 'last-command' (sounds clear). Note the difference between calling a command via a key-short-cut and calling via M-x. So, what should i do? BTW: IMHO Stephen is right with "...that `minibuffer-complete-and-exit' should be fixed to setq this-command last-command.". Thanks for your help, Klaus