From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Is there a way to get the last message? Date: Sun, 28 May 2017 12:50:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87r2z92r2z.fsf@jane> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1495968601 23518 195.159.176.226 (28 May 2017 10:50:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 May 2017 10:50:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 26.0.50 To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 28 12:49:54 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dEvlh-0005tA-BA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 May 2017 12:49:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43404 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dEvll-00062m-BI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 May 2017 06:49:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37918) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dEvlH-00062V-Cs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 May 2017 06:49:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dEvlE-0001t0-As for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 May 2017 06:49:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:51220) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dEvlE-0001st-4R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 May 2017 06:49:24 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01130E68B1 for ; Sun, 28 May 2017 12:49:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id uxiR2Yvm4C-m for ; Sun, 28 May 2017 12:49:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (static-dwadziewiec-jedenpiec7.echostar.pl [109.232.29.157]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 374CDE65D1 for ; Sun, 28 May 2017 12:49:19 +0200 (CEST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.110.48.8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113202 Archived-At: Hi all, I know about (current-message). However, this won't work: (defun get-last-message () "Try to get the last message." (interactive) (with-temp-buffer (insert (or (current-message) "")) (clipboard-kill-ring-save (point-min) (point-max)))) M-x get-last-message puts the empty string into the clipboard and kill ring. Apparently `current-message' is cleared before this command has a chance to get it. This makes sense, but there is no `previous-message' command. Is there any way to get the last thing displayed in the echo area (from `message' or possibly from `error', too)? This would be quite useful: one could then paste it to a search engine to look up the internet for some hints about the error/message. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski