Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

[David Masterson]

Is there a simple command I could add to my .emacs that would allow me
to print a message to the *Message* buffer?  I want to use it to help me
debug my .emacs -- basically, tell me what step in startup Emacs is at
by sprinkling this command in my .emacs.

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David Masterson

Re: Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 at 3:39 PM
> From: "David Masterson" <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?
>
> Is there a simple command I could add to my .emacs that would allow me
> to print a message to the *Message* buffer?  I want to use it to help me
> debug my .emacs -- basically, tell me what step in startup Emacs is at
> by sprinkling this command in my .emacs.
>
> --
> David Masterson

(message "Val: %s" varstring)
(message "Number: %d" n)
(message "%S" symbol)

Re: Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

[tomas]

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 08:39:44PM -0700, David Masterson wrote:
> Is there a simple command I could add to my .emacs that would allow me
> to print a message to the *Message* buffer?  I want to use it to help me
> debug my .emacs -- basically, tell me what step in startup Emacs is at
> by sprinkling this command in my .emacs.

  (message "this is the % time it rains today" count)

Cheers
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t

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Re: Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

[Emanuel Berg]

tomas wrote:

>> Is there a simple command I could add to my .emacs that
>> would allow me to print a message to the *Message* buffer?
>> I want to use it to help me debug my .emacs -- basically,
>> tell me what step in startup Emacs is at by sprinkling this
>> command in my .emacs.
>
>   (message "this is the % time it rains today" count)

Typo, should be %d ...

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Re: Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

[David Masterson]

Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:

>> From: "David Masterson" <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
>>
>> Is there a simple command I could add to my .emacs that would allow me
>> to print a message to the *Message* buffer?  I want to use it to help me
>> debug my .emacs -- basically, tell me what step in startup Emacs is at
>> by sprinkling this command in my .emacs.
>
> (message "Val: %s" varstring)
> (message "Number: %d" n)
> (message "%S" symbol)

Thank you

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David Masterson

Re: Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

[Emanuel Berg]

David Masterson wrote:

>>> Is there a simple command I could add to my .emacs that
>>> would allow me to print a message to the *Message* buffer?
>>> I want to use it to help me debug my .emacs -- basically,
>>> tell me what step in startup Emacs is at by sprinkling
>>> this command in my .emacs.
>>
>> (message "Val: %s" varstring)
>> (message "Number: %d" n)
>> (message "%S" symbol)
>
> Thank you

Actually you can use %s for "any object, with `princ'" as the
docstring for `format' says, all of that can also be used with
`message' ...

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Re: Adding messages to the *Message* buffer?

[tomas]

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On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 11:01:10PM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> tomas wrote:

[...]

> >   (message "this is the % time it rains today" count)
> 
> Typo, should be %d ...

Correct.

Cheers
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t

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