package that writes *Messages* to a file

package that writes *Messages* to a file

[Harry Putnam]

Is there a package available that writes the *Messages* buffer to file
as an emacs session progresses?

Re: package that writes *Messages* to a file

[Bastien]

Harry Putnam writes:

> Is there a package available that writes the *Messages* buffer to
> file as an emacs session progresses?

Maybe this?

(defun my-save-messages-to-file ()
  "Save *message* buffer to a file."
  (interactive)
  (save-window-excursion
    (switch-to-buffer "*Messages*")
    (write-file "~/emacs_messages.txt" nil)))

;; for me i won't use that, but...
(run-at-time nil 600 'my-save-messages-to-file)

-- 
Bastien

Re: package that writes *Messages* to a file

[Reiner Steib]

On Thu, Oct 27 2005, Bastien wrote:

>   (save-window-excursion
>     (switch-to-buffer "*Messages*")

,----[ <f1> f switch-to-buffer RET ]
| switch-to-buffer is an interactive Lisp function.
| It is bound to C-c b b.
| (switch-to-buffer buffer &optional norecord)
| 
| [...]
| WARNING: This is NOT the way to work on another buffer temporarily
| within a Lisp program!  Use `set-buffer' instead.  That avoids messing with
| the window-buffer correspondences.
`----

Bye, Reiner.
-- 
       ,,,
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Re: package that writes *Messages* to a file

[Bastien]

Reiner Steib writes:

> On Thu, Oct 27 2005, Bastien wrote:
>
>>   (save-window-excursion
>>     (switch-to-buffer "*Messages*")
>
> ,----[ <f1> f switch-to-buffer RET ]
> | WARNING: This is NOT the way to work on another buffer temporarily
> | within a Lisp program!  Use `set-buffer' instead.  That avoids messing with
> | the window-buffer correspondences.
> `----
>
> Bye, Reiner.

... always learning! thx

-- 
Bastien

Re: package that writes *Messages* to a file

[Kevin Rodgers]

Harry Putnam wrote:
 > Is there a package available that writes the *Messages* buffer to file
 > as an emacs session progresses?

Why not just:

(with-current-buffer "*Messages*"
   (setq buffer-offer-save t))

so you are queried when you exit emacs whether to save the buffer or
not.  Or:

(with-current-buffer "*Messages*"
   (set-visited-file-name "~/emacs_messages"))

so the buffer is auto-saved during the session, and then you are queried
when you exit.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers