From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giorgos Keramidas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: logging minibuffer-message messages Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:22 +0300 Message-ID: <873aba1h3l.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <000501c9d311$ed2af510$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242141945 12764 80.91.229.12 (12 May 2009 15:25:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:25:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 12 17:25:36 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 1M3trC-00051o-Mz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 May 2009 17:25:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36555 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M3trC-00021T-59 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 May 2009 11:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M3toO-00019b-8N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 May 2009 11:22:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M3toJ-00017m-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 May 2009 11:22:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60916 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M3toJ-00017h-Iu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 May 2009 11:22:27 -0400 Original-Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr ([150.140.141.169]:46633) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M3toJ-0004UN-4i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 May 2009 11:22:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC1D4EB5649; Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:23 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE72A4509B; Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:23 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Original-Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id A3psKzLZpXb2; Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:23 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl61-72.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.188.72]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 803D545088; Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:23 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4CFMN4a003928; Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:23 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Original-Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4CFMMff003927; Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:22 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) In-Reply-To: <000501c9d311$ed2af510$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 12 May 2009 07:57:09 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (berkeley-unix) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:110834 Archived-At: On Tue, 12 May 2009 07:57:09 -0700, "Drew Adams" wrote: > 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.