Re: Messages in el functions & the Mini-Buffer

[Christopher Dimech]

Very good. Have been trying to write (message "%end-of-fuckup")
and a problem crops up when trying to display the '%' symbol.



> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 11:44 AM
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Messages in el functions & the Mini-Buffer
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:26:31AM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> >
> > When I introduce (message "Fuckup") in an Elisp function, does it always 
> > use the
> > mini-buffer?  Is there a command to output in a window buffer like when I 
> > use
> > M-x describe function?
>
> It (usually) goes to a buffer: this buffer is called *Messages*. You can 
> switch
> to it like to every other buffer, e.g. with C-x b<RET>*Messages*<RET>
>
> What is a "window buffer"?
>
> Cheers
>  - t
>