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25.1.50; Wishlist: There should be a way to list timers

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Message #24 received at 22595 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 22595 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22595: 25.1.50; Wishlist: There should be a way to list timers
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:16:39 +1100

Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Why is this a good idea at all?  Timers are always an implementation
> detail, not a user-level feature, as far as I am concerned.  We neither
> have a UI for working with all overlays or text properties of a buffer,
> have we?

Reductio ad absurdum isn't very useful as an argumentation technique.

I have often wanted to examine (and cancel) certain timers that are out
of control.  Inspecting them without a buffer like this isn't easy.  

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