Re: how-many/count-matches for non-interactive use

[Luc Teirlinck]

Richard Stallman wrote:

         For most others, the current behavior prevents nuisance
       messaging, as intended.

   Could you tell me some of the functions where you reached this
   conclusion?

Here are twenty examples:

FILE LINE-NUMBER FUNCTION:

font-lock.el line 951. font-lock-fontify-buffer
comint.el, line 2945, comint-goto-process-mark
simple.el, line 4867, normal-erase-is-backspace-mode
strokes.el, line 1095,  strokes-load-user-strokes
shadowfile.el, line 521, shadow-copy-files
recentf.el, line 1198, recentf-mode
dired.el, line 2200, dired-build-subdir-alist
auto-save-mode line 3847, auto-save-mode
winner-mode, line 398 and 407, winner-mode
menubar.el, line 1647, menubar-mode
type-break.el, line 389, 431 and 447, type-break-mode
type-break.el, line 469, type-break-mode-line-message-mode
type-break.el, line 490, type-break-query-mode
env.el, line 177, getenv
elide.el, line 100, elide-head
elide.el, line 117, elide-head-show
vt-control.el, line 92, vt-keypad-on
vt-control.el, line 94, vt-keypad-off
vt-contol.el, line 101, vt-numlock
tooltip.el, line 409, tooltip-gud-toggle-dereference