Hi Tassilo

Thanks for looking into this!

> So Jake's request can be broadened to something like "buffer-bound modes
should suppress messages when their buffer is not visible".  I'm not
sure if I'd want that.

Is it necessary to broaden it?  I don’t think it’s a problem in general to
get updates about other buffers.  It is an issue in this case because of
the content of the message.

Cheers
Jake

On Sat, 2 Aug 2025 at 5:00 pm, Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> Hi Eli,
>
> >> When a buffer visits a file using doc-view-mode and auto-revert-mode
> >> is enabled in that buffer, Emacs emits the message "Type C-c C-c to
> >> toggle between editing or viewing the document."  every time the file
> >> is changed.  The message is not appropriate when the major mode of
> >> the current buffer is not doc-view-mode.
> >>
> >> >From emacs -Q:
> >> 1. Visit a PDF file
> >> 2. M-x auto-revert-mode
> >> 3. Visit a different buffer like the scratch buffer
> >> 4. Cause the PDF file to be changed
> >> 5. Observe the message
> >
> > Tassilo, any comments or suggestions?
>
> Jake's observation is certainly true but it's not really doc-view
> specific.  A similar case is shown by this recipe:
>
> 1. open dired for /tmp and enable dired-omit-mode and auto-revert-mode
> 2. visit a different buffer
> 3. touch /tmp/foo in a terminal
> 4. observe the message "Omitting XX lines in /tmp"
>
> So Jake's request can be broadened to something like "buffer-bound modes
> should suppress messages when their buffer is not visible".  I'm not
> sure if I'd want that.  And how to implement it.  I guess we certainly
> don't want to visit each (message...) in Emacs to check if it's
> appropriate to show in the "buffer not visible" case...
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>