From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: silence append-to-file? Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:08:49 +0100 Message-ID: <871r3lr066.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <871r3lim9i.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34026"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 28.0.50 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eric S Fraga Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 12 14:10:35 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mlWKB-0008ex-2Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:10:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35794 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mlWK9-0004bx-4l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:10:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:32936) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mlWIm-0004bf-6B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:09:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:46282) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mlWIh-0006xx-UU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:09:07 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8FC9E71A4; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:09:00 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9LvHIEBcNhrP; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:08:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (83.8.194.254.ipv4.supernova.orange.pl [83.8.194.254]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F8CDE688F; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:08:50 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <871r3lim9i.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=195.110.48.8; envelope-from=mbork@mbork.pl; helo=mail.mojserwer.eu X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:134534 Archived-At: On 2021-11-12, at 13:36, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a little timer running in Emacs that appends a line to a log > file. I use append-to-file for this. However, every time this gets > invoked, a message gets written to the *Messages* buffer, a message I do > not need and simply adds clutter to that buffer. > > Is it possible to silence that function? I've tracked the code down to > fileio.c (in write-region, line 5501) and I cannot see how to do so > (from elisp). > > Alternatively, is there a better function to use for this? -- User Option: message-log-max This variable specifies how many lines to keep in the =E2=80=98*Messag= es*=E2=80=99 buffer. The value =E2=80=98t=E2=80=99 means there is no limit on how = many lines to keep. The value =E2=80=98nil=E2=80=99 disables message logging entire= ly. Here=E2=80=99s how to display a message and prevent it from being logged: (let (message-log-max) (message ...)) Hth, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl