From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How can I get the last message outputted? Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:03:30 +0100 Message-ID: <87tuuf0wnx.fsf@zoho.eu> Reply-To: Emanuel Berg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17901"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:SUx3ktuxMs5jSRCOd+E0q6SYpjA= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 28 06:04:17 2020 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 1kXddA-0004T4-B3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:04:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36900 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXdd9-0001ZJ-4S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 01:04:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54092) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXdcZ-0001YT-3z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 01:03:39 -0400 Original-Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214]:50242 helo=ciao.gmane.io) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXdcX-00075t-AK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 01:03:38 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kXdcV-0003hC-6e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:03:35 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/27 14:36:55 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no 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:124773 Archived-At: T2C - The Emacs Challenge Competition - round 4 How do I get the last message that was outputted? How can I get the last message? (defun get-last-message () (interactive) (let ((msg-buffer (get-buffer "*Messages*"))) (when msg-buffer (with-temp-buffer (insert-buffer-substring msg-buffer) (goto-char (point-max)) (forward-line -1) (let ((beg (point-at-bol)) (end (point-at-eol)) ) (buffer-substring-no-properties beg end) ))))) ;; (message "I was afraid you'd be trapped outside the city.") ;; (message "Hey, I wasn't worried for a microsecond!") ;; (message "Then you probably didn't understand the situation.") ;; ;; (get-last-message) PS. Yes, tha were tArcee and Hot Rod. 1986 TF:TM <3 -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal