Questions tagged [message]
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Disabling the "Auto-saving...done" message
I want my documents to be auto-saved, but I don't want to be interrupted with the message "Auto-saving...done" every few minutes.
Is there a way to just disable this message, but not the auto-saving functionality?
I have tried the following without…
scaramouche
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How to add a timestamp to each entry in Emacs' *Messages* buffer?
I depend on the *Messages* buffer a lot, but entries are not timestamped.
How can one add a timestamp to each entry in Emacs' Messages buffer?
So that something like this:
Loading /Users/gsl/lisp.d/init.el (source)...
No outline structure…
gsl
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How to display a message in echo-area only
Is it possible to display a message in the echo area without logging it in buffer *Messages*?
syl20bnr
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How to attach multiple files in `message-mode`?
To attach one file when in message-mode (e.g. when posting from Gnus), one does C-c C-a. What's the recommended way for attaching multiple files ?
Repeating C-c C-a can become tiresome after a while, because it asks three questions everytime.
YoungFrog
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Flush all output in shell buffer (and *Messages* too)
Is there any easy way to flush all output in the shell buffer? Since recently (I believe Emacs 24.4 already has this) *shell* buffers aren't editable, they behave similar to how typical terminal would behave, i.e. only allowing you to append text at…
wvxvw
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Print message in echo area with no "quotes"?
Q: how do I print a message in the echo area without surrounding quotes?
Here's a simple command:
(defun test-fn ()
(interactive)
(message "Test message"))
When I call it as an interactive command via M-x test-fn, it prints Test message in the…
Dan
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Suppress message in minibuffer when a buffer is saved?
Whenever a buffer is saved, a message is displayed in minibuffer.
Wrote foo.bar
I use real-auto-save to save modified buffers every 5 seconds. Due to this minibuffer is getting spammed. Sometimes, when I am looking at useful info(like signature, …
Chillar Anand
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How to preserve color in *Messages* buffer?
When running (C-x C-e) the following snippet and doing M-x mes, I see text written in red in the minibuffer area, but the text in the *Messages* buffer is stripped of all formatting.
(defun mes ()
"message me"
(interactive)
(message…
Suzanne Soy
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how to increase the debugging message level
I believe that there is a way to increase the debug level, but I don't recall how. Perhaps I am using the wrong terms, but web searches and looking on StackExchange are not providing me anything useful. Basically, I want my *Messages* buffer to…
modulitos
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gnus "fancy" hyperlinks, bullet points, etc
Is there a way to get more formatting options from a gnus message buffer when composing a mail? I'd like to do hyperlinks of the style common in markdown or org-mode, viz:
[[example link][http://www.example.com]]
[example…
Steven Arntson
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How to suppress `Wrote /home/user/.emacs.d/recentf` message in minibuffer
In the minibuffer I keep seeing:
Wrote /home/user/.emacs.d/recentf
Would it be possible to suppress this message? (Only for file name recentf file)
my minimal.el:
(setq recentf-max-saved-items 50)
(setq recentf-max-menu-items 50)
(setq…
alper
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Is it possible suppress save message for undo-tree?
When I save my any file I am working on I always see following message, I believe this is related to my unto-tree configuration.
Wrote /home/alper/.emacs.d/undo/.!home!alper!current_folder!__init__.py.~undo-tree~
[Q] Is it possible suppress this…
alper
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Possible to supress the: "Blocking call to accept-process-output with quit inhibited!!" message?
When running a process from a timer, this message is printed a lot.
Is there a way to suppress the message entirely?
For reference see: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/50681/2418
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How to stop background processes interrupting minibuffer
I have a couple of background processes that I regularly run, such as mu4e and jabber-mode.
These, and other, processes provide updates to the minibuffer. Unfortunately, they do so when I'm already interacting with the minibuffer.
How can I prevent…
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How can I suppress the message `When done with this frame, type C-x 5 0`?
I am running emacs v26 daemon on the background and using a single terminal. Usually I open files using emacsclient -qt and close them using C-x C-s and C-x C-c to get back to terminal run the script and afterwards re-open another file.
I wanted to…
alper
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