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23.0.94; feature request: be able to log minibuffer messages

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 3465 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 4477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bojohan <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#3465: 23.0.94; feature request: be able to log minibuffer messages
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 20:34:25 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Please read what you just responded to again.
>
> The request is to be able to have `minibuffer-message'
> output logged, WITHOUT calling `message'.

We understand the request, and we have said "no, we're not going to add
that to Emacs".

If you want to do a minibuffer message and log it, you can write your
own function:

(defun minibuffer-message-and-log (&rest args)
  (let ((inhibit-message t))
    (apply #'message args))
  (apply #'minibuffer-message args))

Or whatever.

This seems to be a common thread when you request extending a function
to do something special in one way or another, when that can be done
trivially by just calling two functions instead.

And the rearguard-fighting action when these requests are rejected are
tiresome, to say the least.  Please stop doing it.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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