Enable global minor-mode `prompt-text-mode` to print additional information always when Emacs asks you something via minibuffer. By default the text includes your login name, hostname and current working directory. For example, when you type `M-x`, Emacs will give you a prompt like: 10sr@mbp0:~/prompt-text-el M-x You can configure `prompt-text-format` to change the text to print. This value will be formatted with `format-mode-line`: see docstring of `mode-line-format` for available expressions.