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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vladimir Nikishkin <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>

Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 04:52:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 30.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #85 received at 67946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Lockywolf <for_emacs-recentf-patch_2023-12-21 <at> lockywolf.net>, eliz <at> gnu.org,
 67946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67946: [PATCH v3] lisp/recentf.el: Add verbosity option
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:31:45 +0530
[புதன் பிப்ரவரி 12, 2025] Stefan Kangas wrote:

> I would also set it to nil by default, because as we discussed earlier
> these messages are unlikely to be useful.  We should of course then also
> explain in NEWS how to get the old behavior back.

There is at least one person, yours truly, who finds value in this
message.  Whenever I want remote files and files that I no longer care
about removed from the recentf list, I find this message informative
(and reassuring).




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