GNU bug report logs - #40774
Error messages shouldn't be hidden when the user is idle

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:23:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 40774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 40774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40774: Error messages shouldn't be hidden when the user is
 idle
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:47:25 +0300

> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:43:48 +0000
> From: ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com>
> Cc: "40774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <40774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 
> >
> > What if the user is looking at another application, and Emacs runs a
> > prolonged operation of sorts, for example, indexing some large
> > directory?
> 
> I don't get what you're getting at.

You want the Emacs behavior to change depending on whether "the user
is idle" or not, right?  If the practical implementation of that will
be "when Emacs is idle", you might not have the behavior you wanted,
because Emacs might _not_ be idle when the user is.

I hope this clarifies the point I was trying to make.
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