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Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:06:47 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=64.147.123.19; envelope-from=joostkremers@fastmail.fm; helo=wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/28 07:06:48 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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: 2.1.23 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:124781 Archived-At: On Wed, Oct 28 2020, Christopher Dimech wrote: > Very good. Have been trying to write (message "%end-of-fuckup") > and a problem crops up when trying to display the '%' symbol. That's because the string passed to `message` is a format string, as with the function `format`. See the documentation strings of `message` and `format` for details. >> > When I introduce (message "Fuckup") in an Elisp function, does it always use the >> > mini-buffer? Is there a command to output in a window buffer like when I use >> > M-x describe function? You can use the macro `with-help-window` to get an effect similar to `describe-function`. -- Joost Kremers Life has its moments