RE: `C-h m' to list active modes in minibuffer?

[Drew Adams]

> >   (with-current-buffer " *Minibuf-1*" (describe-mode))
>
> I tried that, and I don't know whether its output is correct. I have
> Ido mode enabled: shouldn't such a snippet show something related to
> it? It doesn't, even when Ido's completion is at work.
> 
> Maybe my Emacs session just happens to have a different name for the
> minibuffer. I have therefore evaluated `(buffer-alist)' to find out
> what buffers are there, but its result gets truncated.
> 
> Any hints? Thanks.

(with-current-buffer (window-buffer (active-minibuffer-window))
  (describe-mode))