Subject: Re: bug#69312: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] dicitionary buffer should retain search information

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:12:42 +0200

> Currently when searching with dictionary.el, the query is
> messaged.
> e.g. in dictionary-do-search:
>
> ```emacs-lisp
> (message "Searching for %s in %s" word dictionary)
> ```
>
> It would be better to display this information in the resultant
> buffer somehow (inline, via the header-line, etc).
> Especially for the case of `dictionary-match-words`, which matches
> against a PATTERN argument.
> I'd like to not have to remember what my query was if I come back
> to that buffer at a later time.

Like this?

diff --git a/lisp/net/dictionary.el b/lisp/net/dictionary.el
index 1981b757017..ccce0b541df 100644
--- a/lisp/net/dictionary.el
+++ b/lisp/net/dictionary.el
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ dictionary-do-search
 Optional argument NOMATCHING controls whether to suppress the display
 of matching words."
 
-  (message "Searching for %s in %s" word dictionary)
+  (insert (format "Searching for %s in %s\n" word dictionary))
   (dictionary-send-command (concat "define "
 				   (dictionary-encode-charset dictionary "")
 				   " \""