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

From: ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "40774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <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 18:53:01 +0000

>
> 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.

If Emacs prints a message then the message function can check if the
user is idle using the same condition what run-with-idle-timer
uses and if so then it can handle displaying the message in different way.
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