From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: nljlistbox2@gmail.com, 27170@debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com
Subject: bug#27170: 26.0.50; Suggestion: Optionally send package build output to log file not *Messages*
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:24:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0ei8q86.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1k9KZB-0002aB-96@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 21 Aug 2020 23:51:41 -0400")
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> > Sure, writing the output to a file would be fine, but I don't think
> > Emacs needs a logging framework for that. If we can redirect messages
> > to a buffer, then package.el can do whatever it wants with the messages,
> > including writing them to a file if so desired.
>
> I agree. Let's not make this more complex than the minimum.
This has now been added to Emacs 29 -- packages can bind
`messages-buffer-name' to a different buffer name to redirect the
output.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-29 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-31 16:51 bug#27170: 26.0.50; Suggestion: Optionally send package build output to log file not *Messages* N. Jackson
2020-08-20 16:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-20 16:34 ` Philipp Stephani
2020-08-20 16:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-20 17:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-21 11:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-22 3:51 ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-29 16:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-01-29 17:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-30 15:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-30 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-22 11:29 ` Stefan Kangas
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