From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How can I make *Messages* buffer write to disc? Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 01:44:19 GMT Organization: Still searching... Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052876813 32154 80.91.224.249 (14 May 2003 01:46:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 01:46:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 14 03:46:52 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19FlM4-0008ML-00 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 03:46:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19FlL6-0002Jy-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:45:52 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-e!extra.newsguy.com!lotsanews.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr15.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!cbca52ab!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RrCR/lPB/VyIyOMFNHYnsnWLhcY= Original-Lines: 8 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.202.235.65 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr15.news.prodigy.com 1052876659 ST000 63.202.235.65 (Tue, 13 May 2003 21:44:19 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:44:19 EDT X-UserInfo1: OH[]BVGAFRVURUXXARKFOPLI[B]NQHQIKYYDMREK@YWZUYUBK^RAAEW[QDZ\YQ_IT^C_[EVLDV^NOMOBFFTINWDGGFTKX_DHE@[DRVKC^DQPPOD^HKAHIP[CODFMKGJNYDYIZCZLPI_UWEGS@D^W^B_^J[Y^G\KHBYZC@ESAY[FDPVPEGDA^M]@D]VT_QQVL Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113201 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9697 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9697 How can I make the messages buffer write to disc as it goes along? Is there some custome lisp that would do this? I'm having a problem with something crashing emacs like a kill -9 had been run against it. I think it might be usefull to see what is in *Messages* just prior to such a crash. So how can I write that buffer to disc continually?