From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Using temporary buffers to display messages
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:36:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vclogml7.fsf@wanadoo.es> (raw)
`sunrise-sunset' contains this code, that displays the text on the
minibuffer if the frame is wide enough and on a temporary buffer
otherwise:
(if (<= (length msg) (frame-width))
(message "%s" msg)
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*temp*"
(princ (concat date-string "\n" time-string)))
(message "%s"
(substitute-command-keys
(if one-window
(if pop-up-windows
"Type \\[delete-other-windows] to remove temp window."
"Type \\[switch-to-buffer] RET to remove temp window.")
"Type \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET to restore old \
contents of temp window."))))
Is it correct nowadays to use a temporary buffer for displaying
informative text when it doesn't fit on a single line or is it a vestige
of the times when the minibuffer lacked autoexpand capabilities?
(There is another issue with the code above: if the minibuffer is on a
separate frame with different width, the function may end displaying the
text on a way that is not what the original developer intended.)
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2012-03-29 2:36 Óscar Fuentes [this message]
2012-03-29 14:31 ` Using temporary buffers to display messages Stefan Monnier
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