Re: disable messaging in echo area

[Helmut Eller]

* Daniel Carvalho [2010-12-08 15:35] writes:

> hi
> I have a function that runs in background every 10 seconds (with
> run-at-time). That function saves a file, and this causes a message to
> be displayed in the echo-area. I want to disable this message...
>
>
> there was already a thread about that :
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2009-08/msg00374.html
>
>
> But the pointed solutions don't work
>
> (flet ((message (&rest args) nil))
>    (message "test")
>    (write-file file)
>    )
> - the "test" message is not displayed, but the "write file" is still
> displayed!
>
>
> (let (message-log-max)
>   (write-file file)
>   )
> - no effect!

Perhaps you can use write-region instead.  write-region has an argument
VISIT that can be used to suppress the message.

Helmut