Re: message from execute-extended-command doesn't land in the Messages buffer

[T. V. Raman]

Yes,a hook would do just as well for my purposes 

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
    Richard>     A nice feature of Emacs -- namely that of
    Richard> showing in the message area the keystroke one could
    Richard> have used instead of doing it the long way around
    Richard> with M-x -- fails to put that message in the
    Richard> *Messages* buffer.
    Richard> 
    Richard> That is intentional, because these messages are just
    Richard> hints, not reports about the status of editing.  I
    Richard> expect most users would rather exclude those hints
    Richard> from *Messages*, so that more messages that give
    Richard> real information about the editing session will
    Richard> remain there.
    Richard> 
    Richard> I think we should not change that, but rather add a
    Richard> hook you could use to speak these messages.  If
    Richard> someone wants to do it, please do it.

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--raman

      
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