bug#51390: 29.0.50; repeat-mode: Fails to repeat keys in global-map(?)

[Juri Linkov]

>> This is because currently only the last character of the initial
>> key sequence is allowed to be repeated.  The initial key was "C-n"
>> and the repeat key is "n" - it's not the same key.  This condition
>> was added to repeat only such key sequences 'C-x u  u u u ...',
>> but not 'C-/  u u u u ...'.
>
> That explains why I can't repeat C-n, but what makes repeat-mode
> repeat C-n when at the first line?  That really perplexes me and I'm
> curious to know the reason.

It seems you found a bug.  When typing C-p at the beginning of the
buffer it signals an error "Beginning of buffer" (this is correct).

But in this case '(this-command-keys-vector)' used by repeat-mode
returns [].  This is an unexpected value.