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When I run a command that prompts for input in the minibuffer, it's annoying to have the text overwritten by supposedly helpful messages like:

You can run the command 'package-list-packages' with <menu bar> <options> <packages>

Is there a way to disable these specifically for menu bar suggestions, which I never use? If not, how can I disable them globally?

Karl
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  • Those messages should not occur for menu-bar bindings. And indeed for me `M-x package-list-packages RET` does not give me the message you show. So it looks like a bug that's triggered by something in your .emacs. Please figure out which part of your .emacs triggers it and then `M-x report-emacs-bug` so we can fix it. – Stefan Nov 05 '13 at 19:42
  • @Stefan After some experimentation, it looks like that particular instance was caused by using the 'smex' package, not vanilla Emacs. It can be disabled within smex rather easily. – Karl Nov 05 '13 at 20:17

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Set variable suggest-key-bindings to nil.

(setq suggest-key-bindings nil)
mike3996
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    or set it to a number < 2 to reduce the amount of time for which the message is visible (and despite the customize interface validation, this can be a value between 0 and 1) – phils Nov 05 '13 at 06:48