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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/minibuffer.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/minibuffer.el | 26 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/minibuffer.el b/lisp/minibuffer.el index 01894689623..a3dc1b0cfbf 100644 --- a/lisp/minibuffer.el +++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el @@ -862,7 +862,18 @@ If a function returns a string, the returned string is given to the next function in the list, and if the last function returns a string, it's displayed in the echo area. If a function returns any other non-nil value, no more functions are -called from the list, and no message will be displayed in the echo area." +called from the list, and no message will be displayed in the echo area. + +Useful functions to add to this list are: + + `inhibit-message' -- if this function is the first in the list, + messages that match the value of + `inhibit-message-regexps' will be suppressed. + `set-multi-message' -- accumulate multiple messages and display them + together as a single message. + `set-minibuffer-message' -- if the minibuffer is active, display the + message at the end of the minibuffer text + (this is the default)." :type '(choice (const :tag "No special message handling" nil) (repeat (choice (function-item :tag "Inhibit some messages" @@ -884,13 +895,18 @@ called from the list, and no message will be displayed in the echo area." message) (defcustom inhibit-message-regexps nil - "List of regexps that inhibit messages by the function `inhibit-message'." + "List of regexps that inhibit messages by the function `inhibit-message'. +When the list in `set-message-functions' has `inhibit-message' as its +first element, echo-area messages which match the value of this variable +will not be displayed." :type '(repeat regexp) :version "29.1") (defun inhibit-message (message) "Don't display MESSAGE when it matches the regexp `inhibit-message-regexps'. -This function is intended to be added to `set-message-functions'." +This function is intended to be added to `set-message-functions'. +To suppress display of echo-area messages that match `inhibit-message-regexps', +make this function be the first element of `set-message-functions'." (or (and (consp inhibit-message-regexps) (string-match-p (mapconcat #'identity inhibit-message-regexps "\\|") message)) @@ -912,6 +928,10 @@ This function is intended to be added to `set-message-functions'." (defun set-multi-message (message) "Return recent messages as one string to display in the echo area. +Individual messages will be separated by a newline. +Up to `multi-message-max' messages can be accumulated, and the +accumulated messages are discarded when `multi-message-timeout' +seconds have elapsed since the first message. Note that this feature works best only when `resize-mini-windows' is at its default value `grow-only'." (let ((last-message (car multi-message-list))) |