GNU bug report logs - #22595
25.1.50; Wishlist: There should be a way to list timers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 06:17:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.1.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #36 received at 22595 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 22595 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22595: 25.1.50; Wishlist: There should be a way to list timers
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:31:41 +0200

> From: Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 22595 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:10:07 +0100
> 
> 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?

I had the same thoughts going through my head.

At the very least, we should make this command disabled by default.
It can be extremely dangerous in unqualified hands.
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