GNU bug report logs - #60860
29.0.60; set save-silently to t can not avoid messages when saving files

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Message #14 received at 60860 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eason Huang <aqua0210 <at> foxmail.com>, 60860 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60860: 29.0.60; set save-silently to t can not avoid
 messages when saving files
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 19:37:39 +0200

>> I tried to set save-silently to t, but the saving file message will
>> still show on echo area, but it disappear immediately.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>>
>> 1. emacs -Q to launch Emacs
>> 2. eval (setq save-silently t)
>> 3. C-x, C-f open any file and edit the file
>> 4. C-x, C-s save the file
>>    Now you will see the message showing in the echo area in a short time
>
> This is macOS specific, I think, due to differences in how redisplay
> works on darwin.  I don't see this on GNU/Linux and on MS-Windows.  So
> it looks like the implementation does what it's supposed to do, and
> unless someone has ideas how to improve the result on macOS, I think
> we should close this bug as wontfix.

To do the same, in Emacs 29 it's possible to add all these strings
like "Saving file..." to 'inhibit-message-regexps'.

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