GNU bug report logs - #13752
Suggestions regarding the minibuffer

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: E Sabof <esabof <at> gmail.com>, 13752 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13752: Suggestions regarding the minibuffer
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 23:13:03 +0300

>> 1. Would it be possible to add a property to error symbols that would prevent the error
>> message from appearing in the mini-buffer? I see little utility in  messages such a "End
>> of buffer", "Beginning of buffer" and "Text read-only". It could be seen as
>> implementation logic leaking into UI.
>
> Hm.  I thought that the introduction of `set-message-function' would
> allow users to filter messages like this, but
>
> (setq set-message-function (lambda (string)
> 			     'no))
>
> only seems to inhibit messages from `message', not from `signal'?  I'm
> having some difficulty tracing the logic here...  Anybody know whether
> this is by design?

This looks like a new feature request :-)  If this can't be implemented
using the existing signal-hook-function or signaling-function,
maybe then a new set-signal-function could be added?

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