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Error messages shouldn't be hidden when the user is idle

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 40774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ndame <at> protonmail.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#40774: Error messages shouldn't be hidden when the user is idle
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:25:38 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 40774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  eliz <at> gnu.org,  ndame <at> protonmail.com
> Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:51:14 +0100
> 
> Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:
> 
> > I can't find it on Github, and this is understandable - it's a new variable
> > with quite limited usefulness.  I hoped that even if someone used it,
> > mentioning it in the Incompatible Lisp Changes of NEWS would be sufficient
> > as in case of all other incompatible changes.
> 
> OK; then I'm OK with changing the semantics in Emacs 29 (and noting this
> in the NEWS in Emacs 28), but perhaps Eli has an opinion here.  Eli?

This is a long discussion, and I chimed in at least twice.  What
exactly is the proposal for which you want my opinion?  Is there some
patch I could study, perhaps?

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