Writing newline in message buffer

Writing newline in message buffer

[pauline-galea]

How can I add a newline in the messages buffer

Have read about terpri

I can write the following but want to avoid the \n at beginning of my string.

   (message "\nmymessage")

Re: Writing newline in message buffer

[Jeremie Juste]

Hello Pauline,

> I can write the following but want to avoid the \n at beginning of my string.
>
>    (message "\nmymessage")
>
I know only 2 ways one of which you already suggested.
The other way would be:

(message "
mymessage")

Hope this helps,
-- 
Jeremie Juste

Re: Writing newline in message buffer

[Jean Louis]

* pauline-galea@gmx.com <pauline-galea@gmx.com> [2021-05-14 13:44]:
> How can I add a newline in the messages buffer
> 
> Have read about terpri
> 
> I can write the following but want to avoid the \n at beginning of my string.
> 
>    (message "\nmymessage") ⇒ "
mymessage"

It works my side. You don't need `terpri' for messages. Maybe if you
run Emacs on command line, you may need it.




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Re: Writing newline in message buffer

[Jean Louis]

* Jeremie Juste <jeremiejuste@gmail.com> [2021-05-14 16:38]:
> Hello Pauline,
> 
> > I can write the following but want to avoid the \n at beginning of my string.
> >
> >    (message "\nmymessage")

You could just get used to "\n" as that is handy. You can also use creative approached:

(setq oh-no (char-to-string 10))

(message (concat oh-no "my message"))

That way you avoid "\n" while still have it. 

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Re: Writing newline in message buffer

[Yuri Khan]

On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 17:44, <pauline-galea@gmx.com> wrote:

> How can I add a newline in the messages buffer
>
> Have read about terpri
>
> I can write the following but want to avoid the \n at beginning of my string.
>
>    (message "\nmymessage")

The line ending character is usually put at the end of a line:

(message "mymessage\n")