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bug#10345: 24.0.92; `save-buffer' and `basic-save-buffer': add MSG arg
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#10345: 24.0.92; `save-buffer' and `basic-save-buffer': add MSG arg |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:48:18 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Please make it possible to call this function without it displaying a
> message. E.g., add an optional MSG argument that is always non-nil
> interactively.
>
> One motivation:
>
> An Emacs function might do a series of things, including calling
> `save-buffer'. Sometimes the whole series could take a while, and a
> caller of the function might want to give a specific progress message:
> "Foo-barring..." and end with "Foo-barring...done". When the series of
> operations includes `save-buffer' this messaging is interrupted, and the
> user sees a message from `save-buffer', with no `...' to indicate that
> the overall operation (series) is not finished.
>
> In sum, since this function is sometimes called from Lisp, it makes
> little sense for it to systematically display a message. A caller
> should be able to control the messaging behavior.
>
> Same thing applies for `basic-save-buffer'. These functions are called
> from Lisp. They deserve optional MSG args to control message display.
> (Obviously, this applies only to the use of `message', not also to
> reading input or raising errors.)
If you wish to save buffers without messaging, you use `write-region' or
the like. `save-buffers' is a very user level function. Closing.
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