From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
Cc: "N. Jackson" <nljlistbox2@gmail.com>, 27170@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27170: 26.0.50; Suggestion: Optionally send package build output to log file not *Messages*
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:43:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sgchp8tb.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAArVCkSj4amqPQQ3btbqdchsf_rLWOTrKU8nOzQS27qmaKVgvg@mail.gmail.com> (Philipp Stephani's message of "Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:34:28 +0200")
Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> writes:
> I don't think we can rename the *Messages* buffer. We document that
> its name is *Messages*, and there's certainly tons of code around that
> assumes that.
I'm not talking about renaming the *Messages* buffer -- just being able
to redirect messages to a different buffer if we want to.
> If we want to change anything in this area, we'd better DTRT and
> introduce a proper logging framework, with customizable log sources
> and sinks (the *Messages* buffer being one of the sinks).
Sounds like overkill to me.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-20 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-31 16:51 bug#27170: 26.0.50; Suggestion: Optionally send package build output to log file not *Messages* N. Jackson
2020-08-20 16:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-20 16:34 ` Philipp Stephani
2020-08-20 16:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-08-20 17:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-21 11:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-22 3:51 ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-29 16:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-29 17:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-30 15:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-30 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-22 11:29 ` Stefan Kangas
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