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28.1; repeat-mode always prints message when enabled

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 55041 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, hmelman <at> gmail.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#55041: 28.1; repeat-mode always prints message when enabled
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:58:41 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: hmelman <at> gmail.com,  juri <at> linkov.net,  55041 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   stefan <at> marxist.se
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:36:20 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > What do you mean by "non-interactively" in these two cases?
> 
> Not interactive-p.  (Ish.)
> 
> > desktop.el runs automatically each time I restart Emacs, and ispell is
> > loaded and reloaded automatically whenever I visit a file in any
> > derivative of text-mode and whenever I the dictionary changes.  I
> > think those are deemed "non-interactive" for the purposes of your
> > question?  In both cases, it is important for me to see the messages.
> > For example, when the speller is restarted, I do want to see a message
> > telling me it is now using this or that dictionary.
> 
> In the olden days, it didn't tell you the current dictionary in the mode
> line, I think?  But it does show you that now, so the message isn't as
> interesting as it used to be.

It doesn't show enough of it.  And a message in the echo area saying
the dictionary was changed is much more easily seen than 2 characters
that change in a crowded mode line.

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