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30.0.50; [RFC PATCH] Add an option to not report "Wrote ..." when saving recentf.

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From: Vladimir Nikishkin <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 67946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67946: 30.0.50; [RFC PATCH] Add an option to not report "Wrote ..." when saving recentf.
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 13:17:37 +0800

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Vladimir Nikishkin <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>
> writes:
>
>> I have the following setting in my init.el
>>
>> (add-hook 'buffer-list-update-hook 'recentf-track-opened-file)
>> (add-hook 'buffer-list-update 'recentf-save-list)
>>
>> The first one is the one recommended by describe-function recentf-mode,
>> and the second one is to make this switch persistent, and resistant to
>> emacs being killed.
>>
>> However, I am getting a lot of messages like
>> `Wrote /home/lockywolf/.emacs.d/recentf', which are not very helpful
>> normally.
>
> When are these messages helpful?

Are you suggesting to turn them off unconditionally?

It would make sense, I guess. It might be useful when debugging "why is
my recentf file not updated", but if such an issue arises, I guess,
instrumenting "recentf-save-list" is more of a straightforward thing?

-- 
Your sincerely,
Vladimir Nikishkin (MiEr, lockywolf)
(Laptop)

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