From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 38737-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38737: 26.3; Doc string of `files--message'
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:51:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mubgv4p6.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d539c919-2f86-4091-a9e3-7959e8fa23bc@default> (message from Drew Adams on Tue, 24 Dec 2019 13:42:34 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 13:42:34 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> `message' does not "print to" the minibuffer or "display on" the
> minibuffer. It shows a message in the echo area.
Thanks, I fixed the wording.
> Plus, it's not true that it sometimes does not show the message. What
> really happens is that the message is sometimes shown and then
> immediately cleared - it is still logged in `*Messages*', for example.
"Don't show" doesn't imply "do nothing", so I see no problem here.
> The doc string should just say that if `save-silently' is non-nil then,
> after showing the message in the echo area, it is cleared.
That's a description of the implementation, so not useful: the source
is always available. From the user POV I think the message is not
shown, because redisplay doesn't have an opportunity to kick in.
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2019-12-24 21:42 bug#38737: 26.3; Doc string of `files--message' Drew Adams
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