diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/recorder.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/recorder.html
index 45d6fa62d..fd660a8e4 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/recorder.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/recorder.html
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ a buildFinished event.</p>
     this file.  [Values = {yes|no}, Default=yes]</td>
     <td align="center" valign="middle">no</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">emacsmode</td>
+    <td valign="top">Removes <code>[task]</code> banners like Ant's
+    <code>-emacs</code> command line switch if set to
+    <em>true</em>.</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="middle">no, default is <em>false</em></td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">loglevel</td>
     <td valign="top">At what logging level should this recorder instance
@@ -97,14 +104,6 @@ future.  They include things like the following:</p>
     <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
     <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
   </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td valign="top">messageprefix</td>
-    <td valign="top">Whether or not to include the message prefixes (things
-    like the name of the tasks or targets, etc). This has the same effect as
-    the <code>-emacs</code> command line parameter does to the screen output.
-    [yes|no]</td>
-    <td align="center" valign="middle">no</td>
-  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">listener</td>
     <td valign="top">A classname of a build listener to use from this point
@@ -150,9 +149,8 @@ future.  They include things like the following:</p>
 
 
 
-<hr><p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2001 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
-Reserved.</p>
+<hr><p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2001-2002 Apache Software
+Foundation. All rights Reserved.</p>
 
 </body>
 </html>
-
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java
index bb6587f2f..795871891 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class DefaultLogger implements BuildLogger {
      * Size of left-hand column for right-justified task name.
      * @see #messageLogged(BuildEvent)
      */
-    private static final int LEFT_COLUMN_SIZE = 12;
+    public static final int LEFT_COLUMN_SIZE = 12;
 
     /** PrintStream to write non-error messages to */
     protected PrintStream out;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Recorder.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Recorder.java
index dbb7ae0f0..47a1e4d1a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Recorder.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Recorder.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ import java.util.Hashtable;
  * @see RecorderEntry
  * @author <a href="mailto:jayglanville@home.com">J D Glanville</a>
  * @version 0.5
- *
+ * @since Ant 1.4
  * @ant.task name="record" category="utility"
  */
 public class Recorder extends Task {
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ public class Recorder extends Task {
     private Boolean start = null;
     /** The level to log at. A level of -1 means not initialized yet. */
     private int loglevel = -1;
+    /**
+     * Strip task banners if true.
+     */
+    private boolean emacsMode = false;
     /** The list of recorder entries. */
     private static Hashtable recorderEntries = new Hashtable();
 
@@ -131,6 +135,10 @@ public class Recorder extends Task {
         this.append = new Boolean(append);
     }
 
+    public void setEmacsMode(boolean emacsMode) {
+        this.emacsMode = emacsMode;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the level to which this recorder entry should log to.
      * @see VerbosityLevelChoices
@@ -163,13 +171,14 @@ public class Recorder extends Task {
         }
 
         getProject().log( "setting a recorder for name " + filename,
-            Project.MSG_DEBUG );
+                          Project.MSG_DEBUG );
 
         // get the recorder entry
         RecorderEntry recorder = getRecorder( filename, getProject() );
         // set the values on the recorder
         recorder.setMessageOutputLevel( loglevel );
         recorder.setRecordState( start );
+        recorder.setEmacsMode( emacsMode );
     }
 
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -202,7 +211,8 @@ public class Recorder extends Task {
      * Gets the recorder that's associated with the passed in name.
      * If the recorder doesn't exist, then a new one is created.
      */
-    protected RecorderEntry getRecorder( String name, Project proj ) throws BuildException {
+    protected RecorderEntry getRecorder( String name, Project proj ) 
+        throws BuildException {
         Object o = recorderEntries.get(name);
         RecorderEntry entry;
         if ( o == null ) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderEntry.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderEntry.java
index 10c77c3a3..5c8449704 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderEntry.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildLogger;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.DefaultLogger;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildEvent;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.StringUtils;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ import java.io.PrintStream;
  * to the build process.
  * @author <a href="mailto:jayglanville@home.com">J D Glanville</a>
  * @version 0.5
- *
+ * @since Ant 1.4
  */
 public class RecorderEntry implements BuildLogger  {
 
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ public class RecorderEntry implements BuildLogger  {
      * The start time of the last know target.
      */
     private long targetStartTime = 0l;
+    /**
+     * Strip task banners if true.
+     */
+    private boolean emacsMode = false;
 
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // CONSTRUCTORS / INITIALIZERS
@@ -137,7 +142,8 @@ public class RecorderEntry implements BuildLogger  {
         if (error == null) {
             out.println(StringUtils.LINE_SEP + "BUILD SUCCESSFUL");
         } else {
-            out.println(StringUtils.LINE_SEP + "BUILD FAILED" + StringUtils.LINE_SEP);
+            out.println(StringUtils.LINE_SEP + "BUILD FAILED" 
+                        + StringUtils.LINE_SEP);
             error.printStackTrace(out);
         }
         out.flush();
@@ -146,13 +152,14 @@ public class RecorderEntry implements BuildLogger  {
 
     public void targetStarted(BuildEvent event) {
         log( ">> TARGET STARTED -- " + event.getTarget(), Project.MSG_DEBUG );
-        log( StringUtils.LINE_SEP + event.getTarget().getName() + ":", Project.MSG_INFO );
+        log( StringUtils.LINE_SEP + event.getTarget().getName() + ":", 
+             Project.MSG_INFO );
         targetStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
 
     public void targetFinished(BuildEvent event) {
         log( "<< TARGET FINISHED -- " + event.getTarget(), Project.MSG_DEBUG );
-        String time = formatTime( System.currentTimeMillis() - targetStartTime );
+        String time = formatTime(System.currentTimeMillis() - targetStartTime);
         log( event.getTarget() + ":  duration " + time, Project.MSG_VERBOSE );
         out.flush();
     }
@@ -171,12 +178,16 @@ public class RecorderEntry implements BuildLogger  {
 
         StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
         if ( event.getTask() != null ) {
-            String name = "[" + event.getTask().getTaskName() + "]";
-            /** @todo replace 12 with DefaultLogger.LEFT_COLUMN_SIZE */
-            for ( int i = 0; i < (12 - name.length()); i++ ) {
-                buf.append( " " );
-            } // for
-            buf.append( name );
+            String name = event.getTask().getTaskName();
+            
+            if (!emacsMode) {
+                String label = "[" + name + "] ";
+                int size = DefaultLogger.LEFT_COLUMN_SIZE - label.length();
+                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+                    buf.append(" ");
+                } // for
+                buf.append(label);
+            } // if
         } // if
         buf.append( event.getMessage() );
 
@@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ public class RecorderEntry implements BuildLogger  {
      */
     private void log( String mesg, int level ) {
         if ( record && (level <= loglevel) ) {
-                out.println(mesg);
+            out.println(mesg);
         }
     }
 
@@ -205,7 +216,7 @@ public class RecorderEntry implements BuildLogger  {
     }
 
     public void setEmacsMode(boolean emacsMode) {
-        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("Method setEmacsMode() not yet implemented.");
+        this.emacsMode = emacsMode;
     }
 
     public void setErrorPrintStream(PrintStream err) {