GNU bug report logs - #47566
28.0.50; diff-hl should use `repeat-mode' ... and not `smartrep'

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Message #43 received at 47566-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Ramesh Nedunchezian <rameshnedunchezian <at> outlook.com>
Cc: 47566-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: bug#47566: 28.0.50; diff-hl should use `repeat-mode' ... and
 not `smartrep'
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:16:38 +0300

> For those who don't want hints, they can use
>
>     (setq repeat-mode-helper #'ignore)
>
> For those who want hints, but do /not/ want the hints hogging the echo
> area, they could have their own custom helper like the one above,
> after replacing
>
> 	(message mess)
>
> with
>
> 	(tooltip-show mess)

This is implemented now, so you can customize it to disable messaging,
to do truncation of long messages, or to use tooltip-show, etc.

> I would also appreciate if you could assess adding the exit key as a
> property to the repeat mode symbol.

The exit key specific to some keymap can be easily added to that keymap.

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