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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: 12849@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12849: 24.2.50; Doc: `message': mention `message-log-max'
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:51:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ehk1pfjn.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2ehk25acr.fsf@gmail.com> (Leo's message of "Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:51:32 +0800")

Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

> How about adding:
>
> (defsubst message-nolog (format-string &rest args)
>   "Same as `message' except not writing to *Messages* buffer."
>   (let (message-log-max) (apply 'message format-string args)))
>
> This could encourage elisp authors to choose what to log to *Messages*
> buffer. For example, ff-quiet-mode defaults to nil and, boy, this
> library can write thousands of useless lines to *Messages* buffer.

I would appreciate something like that (besides improving the doc).

Maybe the same could be done for `with-temp-message'.


Regards,

Michael. 





  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-10 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-10  0:14 bug#12849: 24.2.50; Doc: `message': mention `message-log-max' Michael Heerdegen
2012-11-10  4:51 ` Leo
2012-11-10 16:51   ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2012-11-16  2:42 ` Glenn Morris

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