How to close or kill *messages* window by using elisp script

[martin rudalics]

> How to close or kill *messages* window  by using script of emacs lisp
>
>
> running this
>
> (quit-window nil "*Messages*")
>
> yields error:
>
> window-normalize-window: *Messages* is not a live window

The doc-string of 'quit-window' says


(quit-window &optional KILL WINDOW)

Quit WINDOW and bury its buffer.
WINDOW must be a live window and defaults to the selected one.


but *Messages* is a string most likely denoting a buffer.  Try
running

(let ((window (get-buffer-window "*Messages*")))
  (when (window-live-p window)
    (quit-window nil window)))

instead.

martin