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

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
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: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 01:05:42 +0300

> So when the user is not idle then things should work as today. But if
> the user is idle (e.g. uses an other app or is away from the computer)
> then error messages should not be hidden by other messages, rather
> they should all be shown in a multiline echo area, so when the user
> gets back to emacs he can see all the errors which happened while he
> was away.

Please try the multiline echo area implemented in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-12/msg00646.html
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