2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index ec629fb9f10..41b2d24b968 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2012-10-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+        * xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp): Default message-log-max to 1000, not 100.
+        Suggested by Juri Linkov in
+        <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-09/msg00821.html>.
+
         Prefer plain 'static' to 'static inline' (Bug#12541).
         With static functions, modern compilers inline pretty well by
         themselves; advice from programmers often hurts as much as it helps.
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index cdb9fd4e3b5..635e7ecd0b2 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -28986,7 +28986,7 @@ and is used only on frames for which no explicit name has been set
     doc: /* Maximum number of lines to keep in the message log buffer.
 If nil, disable message logging.  If t, log messages but don't truncate
 the buffer when it becomes large.  */);
-  Vmessage_log_max = make_number (100);
+  Vmessage_log_max = make_number (1000);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("window-size-change-functions", Vwindow_size_change_functions,
     doc: /* Functions called before redisplay, if window sizes have changed.