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How do I log M-x usage in emacs?

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Mar 15, 2026451 views

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I want to log my usage of M-x in emacs to a file so that I can see which functions I should learn the shortcut to / bind a shortcut for. This would preferably just append the names of the used functions to a file/emacs-buffer, maybe with a timestamp, so that I can see in what context I use them. Do…

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You can start with this elisp, which will simply add the commands you execute to a given log file. You can get fancier and do automatic tallying if you want. Or, you can occasionally just pipe the file through a .

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