Re: hijack C function, use it transparently with in-between layer

[Emanuel Berg]

phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
writes:

>> Is that a bug or a feature request?
>> The reason I thought this would be cool to
>> have is exactly the messaging. I thought it
>> could be cool to drop certain messages
>> I never care for anyway (e.g., "Mark set",
>> "Auto-saving...done", etc.).
>
> The messaging framework of Emacs is a little
> under-powered at the moment -- one which bugs
> me, for instance, is Emacs has now (lisp
> level) ability to write to standard out.
> Unless it's running in batch, when it always
> does so.
>
> It's possible, of course, to write something
> better, but most packages use message
> directly. The ability to filter, suppress and
> change various messages would be good.

Indeed.

> Probably the best way to achieve this would
> be to pull message out of C and into lisp.
>
> It's all doable, just takes time. If you want
> it, why not fork from master, and start
> working on it?

Good idea!

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