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31.0.50; recentf-open-files reports opening the last file accessed

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From: Rick <rbielaws <at> gmail.com>
To: 78666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 31.0.50; recentf-open-files reports opening the last file accessed
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 16:53:51 -0500

With some help from @NickD in this thread
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/84614

I've isolated the messages source to this function:

(defun recentf-dialog-goto-first (widget-type)
  "Move the cursor to the first WIDGET-TYPE in current dialog.
Go to the beginning of buffer if not found."
  (goto-char (point-min))
  (condition-case nil
      (let (done)
        (widget-move 1)
        (while (not done)
          (if (eq widget-type (widget-type (widget-at (point))))
              (setq done t)
            (widget-move 1))))
    (error
     (goto-char (point-min)))))

Perhaps the real problem is in widget-move and the
messages should not even be generated.  But that isn't
something I have a way to tell.  What I CAN tell is that
given they seem to  serve no purpose beyond creating
confusion I see they can easily be eliminated using
widget-move's optional suppress-echo parameter.

Specifically, change

 (widget-move 1)

 to

 (widget-move 1 t)

in BOTH invocations within the above function.

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