From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: logging minibuffer-message messages Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:46:10 -0700 Message-ID: <177A04A5282C42E5AF957597B6EC709B@us.oracle.com> References: <000501c9d311$ed2af510$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <873aba1h3l.fsf@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253227603 5042 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2009 22:46:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:46:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Giorgos Keramidas'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 18 00:46:36 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MoPkI-0002eF-9K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:46:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46350 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPkH-0003s9-Rj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPkB-0003pv-3F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPk5-0003pV-Ri for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35118 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPk5-0003pS-L0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:21 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123]:56215 helo=rgminet11.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MoPk4-0005AU-Ge for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:20 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n8HMkvRu019242 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:46:59 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt006.oracle.com (abhmt006.oracle.com [141.146.116.15]) by rgminet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n8HMkWRW022273; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:46:33 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:46:07 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <873aba1h3l.fsf@kobe.laptop> Thread-Index: AcnTFXscYLTkg92hRv6rXZiKm1vk/Bk0wj0A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt006.oracle.com [141.146.116.15] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4AB2BC31.005B:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115442 Archived-At: WDOT? > From: Giorgos Keramidas Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:22 AM > On Tue, 12 May 2009 07:57:09 -0700, "Drew Adams" > > > How about having a way to log minibuffer messages? > > > > For example, option `message-log-max', which allows for > > disabling logging, could have additional values: > > > > * negative N means (abs N) max lines + log minibuf msgs too > > * other non-nil value, besides t and N, means log minibuf msgs too > > > > With minibuffer messages logged also, a user can consult *Messages* > > (e.g. using `C-x C-b') if s?he misses an ephemeral message. > > That would be useful. I have seen tips about key bindings fly by too > fast when the minibuffer displays something else. Being able > to go back and look for them in *Messages* would be nice.