Re: remove dabbrev--scanning-message?

[Sean O'Rourke]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Instead of deleting the functionality altogether, I'd prefer that the
>     messages could be enabled by customizing some option.  The option
>     could be off by default (which should be noted in etc/NEWS, btw).
>
> I hesitate to do this, because I am not convinced that the case
> in which the messages cause the bulk of the delay is the usual case.

The patch I posted yesterday using make-progress-reporter
performs acceptably for me, and doesn't require another
customization variable.

/s