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

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Lockywolf <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>
Cc: 67946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67946: [PATCH v3] lisp/recentf.el: Add verbosity option
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:14:21 -0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Lockywolf <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>
>> Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org,
>> 	stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
>> 	Lockywolf <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>
>> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:04:30 +0800
>>
>> +(defcustom recentf-verbosity 1
>> +  "Whether to show verbose messages about low-level recentf actions.
>> +0 means to not show debugging messages related to the recentf machinery.
>> +1 means show messages that were printed by default on Emacs <= 31.1."
>> +  :group 'recentf
>> +  :type 'integer
>> +  :version "31.1")
>
> I think referring to the "Wrote..." messages as "debugging" is
> incorrect, since this is the normal Emacs operation when saving a
> buffer.

In context, and from the users point of view, this is not something one
should normally need to care about or look at.  I'd consider this
debugging output, myself.  Just my two cents, of course.

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