bug#55041: 28.1; repeat-mode always prints message when enabled

[Howard Melman]

On Apr 20, 2022, at 1:10 PM, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:
> 
>> Minor thing: When repeat-mode is enabled it calls message with:
>> 
>>  "Repeat mode is enabled for %d commands and %d keymaps; see 
>> `describe-repeat-maps'."
>> 
>> I'm working on my configuration and of all the other minor-modes
>> I enable by calling from lisp, none of them print such a message,
>> so this stands out when I'm looking at *Messages*.
> 
> This is exactly the reason why it outputs its statistics to *Messages*,
> so you could see how many commands are affected by this mode.
> Also I see that it doesn't stand out too much,
> for example, I have after starting Emacs in *Messages*:
> 
>  Starting new Ispell process /usr/bin/hunspell with american dictionary...done
>  Repeat mode is enabled for 23 commands and 9 keymaps; see 
> ‘describe-repeat-maps’.
>  Cleaning up the recentf list...done (0 removed)
>  Desktop: 1 frame, 19 buffers restored.
> 
> But if the majority will prefer to remove it, then I could commit such a 
> patch.
> So we need just one additional vote that supports this change :)

I also found that recentf does something similar.  So if a few things give these
informational messages (particularly to *Messages*) then I have no complaints.
Seeing just the one I thought it might be violating a convention.  Feel free to 
close this.

Howard