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recover-this-file warning blotted out with -nw

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 76299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76299: "Try M-x recover-this-file" warning vs. symlinks
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:40:50 +0200

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: 76299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,control <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:41 +0800
> 
> retitle 76299 recover-this-file warning blotted out with -nw
> thanks
> It turns out the problem is not with symlinks, but with -nw !
> $ emacs -nw -Q goo
> then type a lot, then ^Z, then
> $ kill -1 %
> $ script --command emacs -Q -nw goo
> Indeed, you will see the recover-this-file warning, but very swiftly it
> goes away, as the buffer gets painted over, and you see with the
> terminal sequences in this typescript file attached.
> [...]
> So you probably need to have the message come last, not first.

I don't see how this could be possible, since Emacs could show any
number of messages at startup.

The messages are saved in the *Messages* buffer, so you could see them
later.

So I don't think we should do anything about this non-bug.

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