From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Writing newline in message buffer Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 16:52:33 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4755"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs To: pauline-galea@gmx.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri May 14 15:56:31 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lhYIp-00014V-5q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 14 May 2021 15:56:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43308 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lhYIo-0002GY-9Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 14 May 2021 09:56:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lhYI9-0002FN-9X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2021 09:55:49 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:42609) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lhYI5-0008U1-RE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2021 09:55:48 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.239.35.165]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000ADF13.00000000609E815E.00003CA4; Fri, 14 May 2021 06:55:42 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: pauline-galea@gmx.com, Help Gnu Emacs Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:129769 Archived-At: * 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. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/