In its attempt to be helpful and reverse the order of the messages in message-log, `view-lossage' screws up the multiline messages, showing them in reverse. This has annoyed me sufficiently to fix it. The fix is for log-message to mark the multiline messages in the message-log with an extent, and for view-lossage to recognize that mark. I've tested this as far as I could, but I'd appreciate feedback. After applying this patch, please keep your eyes open for any anomalies in `view-lossage' operation. 1998-04-23 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; * help.el (view-lossage): Recognize it. * simple.el (log-message): Mark multiline messages. --- lisp/simple.el.orig Thu Apr 23 05:29:28 1998 +++ lisp/simple.el Thu Apr 23 06:01:26 1998 ＠＠ -3603,12 +3603,23 ＠＠ For use on `remove-message-hook'." (when (and (not noninteractive) (funcall log-message-filter-function label message)) - (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Message-Log*") + ;; Use save-excursion rather than save-current-buffer because we + ;; change the value of point. + (save-excursion + (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Message-Log*")) (goto-char (point-max)) - ;; (insert (concat (upcase (symbol-name label)) ": " message "\n")) - (insert message "\n") + ;(insert (concat (upcase (symbol-name label)) ": " message "\n")) + (let (extent) + ;; Mark multiline message with an extent, which `view-lossage' + ;; will recognize. + (when (string-match "\n" message) + (setq extent (make-extent (point) (point))) + (set-extent-properties extent '(end-open nil message-multiline t))) + (insert message "\n") + (when extent + (set-extent-property extent 'end-open t))) (when (> (point-max) (max log-message-max-size (point-min))) - ;; trim log to ~90% of max size + ;; Trim log to ~90% of max size. (goto-char (max (- (point-max) (truncate (* 0.9 log-message-max-size))) (point-min))) --- lisp/help.el.orig Thu Apr 23 05:42:49 1998 +++ lisp/help.el Thu Apr 23 06:14:37 1998 ＠＠ -762,21 +762,28 ＠＠ (while (progn (move-to-column 50) (not (eobp))) (search-forward " " nil t) (insert "\n"))) - ;; XEmacs addition + ;; XEmacs addition: copy the messages from " *Message-Log*", + ;; reversing their order and handling multiline messages + ;; correctly. (princ "\n\n\nRecent minibuffer messages (most recent first):\n\n") (save-excursion (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create " *Message-Log*")) (count 0) - oldpoint) - (set-buffer buffer) - (goto-char (point-max)) + oldpoint extent) + (goto-char (point-max buffer) buffer) (set-buffer standard-output) - (while (and (> (point buffer) (point-min buffer)) + (while (and (not (bobp buffer)) (< count view-lossage-message-count)) (setq oldpoint (point buffer)) - (forward-line -1 buffer) + (setq extent (extent-at oldpoint buffer + 'message-multiline nil 'before)) + ;; If the message was multiline, move all the way to the + ;; beginning. + (if extent + (goto-char (extent-start-position extent) buffer) + (forward-line -1 buffer)) (insert-buffer-substring buffer (point buffer) oldpoint) - (setq count (1+ count))))))) + (incf count)))))) (define-function 'help 'help-for-help) -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- * Q: What is an experienced Emacs user? * A: A person who wishes that the terminal had pedals.