Optionally suppress recentf open file messages (bug#78666)

* etc/NEWS: Announce new user option.

* lisp/recentf.el (recentf-suppress-open-file-help): New defcustom.
(recentf-dialog-goto-first): Use it; otherwise, make calling
'widget-move' suppress message only for interactive recentf use.
(recentf-forward, recentf-backward): New commands, wrappers around
'widget-{forward, backward}' using 'recentf-suppress-open-file-help'.
(recentf-dialog): Use them in locally remapped key bindings.

* lisp/wid-edit.el (widget-forward, widget-backward): Add optional
argument to suppress :help-echo message and pass it to 'widget-move'.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ca97f26a196..f7aebdf538f 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1055,6 +1055,15 @@ compatible.
 'recentf-save-list' can print a message when saving the recentf list.
 The new option, if set to nil, suppresses this message.
 
+---
+*** New user option 'recentf-suppress-open-file-help'.
+By default, invoking 'recentf-open-files' displays a message saying what
+action clicking or typing RET on the item at point executes, and tabbing
+between items in the *Open Recent* buffer likewise displays such
+messages.  To suppress these messages, customize the user option
+'recentf-suppress-open-file-help' to non-nil.  The default value of this
+option is nil.
+
 ** Saveplace
 
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