Draft: Added a preference to turn on/off tool messages (off by default) - fixes #7078

src/Mod/Draft/draftutils/messages.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ added manually.
 # @{
 import FreeCAD as App
 
+params = App.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Draft")
+
 
 def _msg(text, end="\n"):
     """Write messages to the console including the line ending."""
@@ -55,4 +57,10 @@ def _log(text, end="\n"):
     """Write messages to the log file including the line ending."""
     App.Console.PrintLog(text + end)
 
+def _toolmsg(text, end="\n"):
+    """Write messages to the console including the line ending,
+    only if ToolMessages pref setting is True"""
+    if params.GetBool("ToolMessages", False):
+        App.Console.PrintMessage(text + end)
+
 ## @}