From d1d39a0f09c272a8bdea54ecd13f560bbd8264eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 12:49:18 +0300 Subject: Document enhancements in handling of echo-area messages * etc/NEWS: * doc/lispref/display.texi (Displaying Messages): * lisp/minibuffer.el (inhibit-message-regexps) (set-message-functions, inhibit-message, set-multi-message): Improve the documentation of functions dealing with display of echo-area messages. --- etc/NEWS | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'etc') diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index d7a6cf7986d..e43a82b1426 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -795,13 +795,14 @@ part of the buffer. +++ ** New user option 'set-message-functions'. -It allows selecting more functions for 'set-message-function' -in addition to the default function that handles messages -in the active minibuffer. The most useful are 'inhibit-message' -that allows specifying a list of messages to inhibit via -'inhibit-message-regexps', and 'set-multi-message' that -accumulates recent messages and displays them stacked -in the echo area. +It allows more flexible control of how echo-area message are displayed +by adding functions to this list. The default value is a list of one +element: 'set-minibuffer-message', which displays echo-area messages +at the end of the minibuffer text when the minibuffer is active. +Other useful functions include 'inhibit-message', which allows +specifying, via 'inhibit-message-regexps', the list of messages whose +display shall be inhibited; and 'set-multi-message' that accumulates +recent messages and displays them stacked together. --- ** New user option 'find-library-include-other-files'. -- cgit v1.2.3