GNU bug report logs - #67946
30.0.50; [RFC PATCH] Add an option to not report "Wrote ..." when saving recentf.

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Message #17 received at 67946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vladimir Nikishkin
	<for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>
Cc: 67946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#67946: 30.0.50;
 [RFC PATCH] Add an option to not report "Wrote ..." when saving
 recentf.
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 14:25:28 +0200

> Cc: 67946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Vladimir Nikishkin <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>
> 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?

If we decide to turn it off, we will need a knob to revert to the old
behavior, because after so many years of the existing behavior,
someone somewhere might be used to it.

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