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Re: log full path of magically loaded files?


From: danmbox
Subject: Re: log full path of magically loaded files?
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:50:48 -0700 (PDT)
User-agent: G2/1.0

> It's not all that strange.  *Messages* records the stream of predominantly
> 1-line messages which appear in the echo area.  It's not intended as a
> general system log.  Too much uninteresting stuff in the echo area could
> be distracting and a nuisance.  Usually the exact path of a loaded library
> is uninteresting.

I'm not going to argue with "it is the way it is"; but the argument that an 
automagically triggered action is "uninteresting" and thus not to be logged 
(while a command explicitly issued by the user somehow deserves to be logged) 
isn't very convincing. Thanks anyway!

-- Dan


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