mleone@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Mark Leone) (07/28/89)
Is there any way to disable output to the message window? I'm calling several functions (ie, beginning-of-buffer) that update the message window, and the result are a bit confusing. I tried setting cursor-in-echo-area to nil, but this doesn't seem to have any effect in our version (18.50.14). Any ideas? Mark Leone mleone@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu
merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (08/01/89)
In article <5679@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, mleone@f.gp (Mark Leone) writes: | | Is there any way to disable output to the message window? I'm calling | several functions (ie, beginning-of-buffer) that update the message | window, and the result are a bit confusing. I tried setting | cursor-in-echo-area to nil, but this doesn't seem to have any effect | in our version (18.50.14). Any ideas? (describe-key 'beginning-of-buffer) ==> " beginning-of-buffer: " Move point to the beginning of the buffer; leave mark at previous position. " With arg N, put point N/10 of the way from the true beginning. " Don't use this in Lisp programs! " (goto-char (point-min)) is faster and does not set the mark. ** notice the last two lines ** Most "noisy" functions are meant to be used by users. Most of them have equivalent "non-noisy" functions (in the true Unix style :-). (I think that "most" in that last sentence can be replaced with "all"... but I can't be sure.) Just another Elisp hacker, -- /== Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ====\ | on contract to Intel, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \== Cute Quote: "Welcome to Oregon... Home of the California Raisins!" ==/
trost@crl.labs.tek.com (Bill Trost) (08/02/89)
>Most "noisy" functions are meant to be used by users. Most of them >have equivalent "non-noisy" functions (in the true Unix style :-). (I >think that "most" in that last sentence can be replaced with "all"... >but I can't be sure.) Replace-regexp and replace-string are two functions where this is grossly lacking. In the finger stuff, there's a (message "") at the end of the process sentinel to clean up the mess. Of course, coding these inline using search-forward and replace-match isn't too bad, but it's still an unfortunate gap. Bill Trost, Computer Research Labs, Tektronix trost@crl.labs.tek.com / tektronix!crl.labs!trost (trost@reed.bitnet, but probably tektronix!reed!trost)