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Extending Minibuffer Message for save-buffer

Is it possible the extend the minibuffer message for save-buffer to instead print something like

Wrote /home/per/Work/justd/fs.d (L lines, T tokens, C chars)

If so what hook/string should I modify

Solution

  • I think you have to live with the message "Wrote ..." since this can come from several different handlers and there it is hard-coded. But you can add your own message afterwards:

    (add-hook 'after-save-hook (lambda ()
               (message "Saved buffer %s. (%d lines)"
                 (buffer-file-name)
                 (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)))))